Celebrating David McCullough: A Historian’s Love for America
He passed away four years ago this month at the age of 89, leaving behind a rich catalogue of writing about the United States and our shared history as Americans. He wrote biographies of John Adams and Harry Truman and other books about American history from colonial times through the 20th century. He also assembled a slim volume, “The American Spirit,” featuring a number of speeches he gave from 1989 to early 2019.
- ▪He passed away four years ago this month at the age of 89, leaving behind a rich catalogue of writing about the United States and our shared history as Americans.
- ▪He wrote biographies of John Adams and Harry Truman and other books about American history from colonial times through the 20th century.
- ▪He also assembled a slim volume, “The American Spirit,” featuring a number of speeches he gave from 1989 to early 2019.
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Home – Political News – Celebrating David McCullough: A Historian’s Love for America opinion Celebrating David McCullough: A Historian’s Love for America Rich Tucker • August 2, 2026 Print American author and historian David McCullough (Stephen Rose/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); Award-winning historian and author David McCullough was a man of his time and a man for all time.
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