David McCullough

David Gaub McCullough July 7 1933 August 7 2022 was an American popular historian He was a twotime winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award In 2006 he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom the United States highest civilian award Born and raised in Pittsburgh McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University His first book was The Johnstown Flood 1968 and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S Truman John Adams Theodore Roosevelt the Brooklyn Bridge the Panama Canal and the Wright brothers McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries such as The Civil War by Ken Burns as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years McCulloughs two Pulitzer Prizewinning booksTruman and John Adamswere adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries respectively