David McCullough (1933–2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
"An impressive and valuable study of Truman, worthy of its
subject." --C. Vann Woodward, "The New York Review"
"Exemplary and riveting.... The book is like a comfortable
Victorian three-decker novel. There are two plots, a hero and
heroine, and a glittering cast of characters ranging from Dean
Acheson, Churchill and General Marshall to the Pendergasts and
General MacArthur, as well as a splendid collection of
Shakespearean clowns.... McCullough's book will stand for a long
time as the outstanding analysis of an extremely important subject:
the greatness of Truman, and its role as an exogenous 'cause' in
the history of his time." --Eugene V. Rostow, "Times Literary
Supplement, London"
"McCullough is a master storyteller whose considerable narrative
skills have been put to exquisite use in re-creating the life and
times of America's 33rd president." --Robert Dallek, "Los Angeles
Times Book Review "
"McCullough takes us on a beautifully guided tour of recent
history--a journey that is as much a celebration of American
experience as it is a captivating portrait of the ordinary 'man
from Missouri' who became an extraordinary figure in the Cold War
world. Keeping Truman himself always vividly in the foreground, Mr.
McCullough has written a stirring, masterly, thoroughly absorbing
book." --Jean Strouse, author of" Alice James: A Biography "
"McCullough's marvelous feel for history is based on an
appreciation of colorful tales and an insight into personalities.
In this compelling saga of America's greatest common-man president,
McCullough adds luster to an old-fashioned historical approach . .
. the sweeping narrative, filled with telling details and an
appreciation of the role individuals play in shaping the world."
--Walter Isaacson", Time"""
"Perhaps the highest tribute one can pay a biographer is to say
that through him one comes to know his subject almost as though in
person. In fostering the reader's acquaintance with Harry Truman,
not once does McCullough get in the way. This is in every respect a
splendid work." --Myron A. Marty, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch "
"Since I've been in national politics, whenever I've been asked who
my favorite political leader of the century is, I have always said
Harry Truman.... David McCullough has always been a favorite of
mine. The Truman biography is outstanding." --Jimmy Carter, "The
Boston Phoenix "
"Superbly researched and carried forward by McCullough's narrative
drive, Truman is endlessly readable. The Harry we were all wild
about is re-created exactly as Harry was--feisty, preposterous,
decisive, tireless, outrageous, but always honorable, always
courageous, always guided by his inner gyroscope of conscience and
character." --William Manchester, author of "William Spencer
Churchill: The Last Lion "
"This is the biography of President Harry S. Truman against which
not only all other Truman biographies but probably all other
presidential biographies will be measured. It is comprehensive,
well reasoned, insightful and yet elegantly simple. It is written
with a love for the subject that is contagious." --Steve Weinberg,
"The Kansas City Star "
"Truman is biography as good as it gets, as absorbing and readable
as it is voluminous. McCullough writes like a novelist, digs like a
zealous reporter and puts things in perspective like the superb
historian he is." --Lorenzo Carcaterra, "People "magazine
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