Author David McCullough, who wrote countless award-winning best sellers including about US presidents John Adams and Harry Truman, has died at 89

[basquebromance]

best historical documentary narrator as well. rip. i don't know how many he's written, but i have like 10 of his books

 

[Weatherman2020]

One of the best history authors ever.

 

[1srelluc]

RIP

Though I did find his Civil War works a bit on the pedestrian side.....Sort of the point I guess, hit the high points for the general public without getting too far in the weeds.

 

[Weatherman2020]

A show on him had a funny segment. While being interviewed he talked about how people kept stopping to talk to him when out in public. The film crew then showed a compilation of him walking up to strangers on the street saying ‘Hi, I’m David McCullough’ and getting into a conversation with them. He loved people.

 

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Unsurprisingly, it takes one legend to sum up another. “A great historian is gone today,” Robert Caro says of David McCullough. “There is only one solace: His books will endure, helping America understand its past.” ⁦

 

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