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About David McCullough

David Gaub McCullough ( mə-KUL-ə; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time 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 bachelor's 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. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a television film and a miniseries, respectively.

David McCullough writes about United States, History, New York Times bestseller, Biography, Large type books, and Presidents, united states. Their best-known work is The Path Between the Seas.

On FindMyTBR we track 19 books by David McCullough, 18 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including 1776, Brave Companions (Unabridged), and Brave Companions: Portraits in History. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.