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| name = David Gaub McCullough
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1933|07|07}}
| birthplace = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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| occupation = [[Historian]], [[Author]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]<br>[[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]] descent<ref name="CRose"/>
| period = [[1968]] - current
| genre = [[History]]
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| spouse = Rosalee Ingram Barnes McCullough (1954 - present)
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| children = Five
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| influences = [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Barbara Tuchman]], [[Bruce Catton]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[N.C. Wyeth]]
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'''David Gaub McCullough''' (mə-kŭl'ə) (born [[July 7]], [[1933]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]])<ref name="AoAbio"/> is an [[United States|American]] [[author]], [[narrator]], and [[lecturer]].<ref name="SSbio"/> A two-time winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and the [[National Book Award]], McCullough has also received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the United States' highest civilian award.<ref name="SSbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=328883&agid=13 |title=Biography at Simon & Schuster |accessdate=2008-04-21 |format= |work= }}</ref><ref name="PresBio">{{cite news |first=Jerome L |last=Sherman |title=Presidential biographer gets presidential medal |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06350/746640-44.stm |publisher=''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' |date=2006-12-16 |accessdate=2006-12-18}}</ref> Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough later attended [[Yale University]], earning a degree in [[English literature]]. His first book, ''The Johnstown Flood'', was published in 1968; he has written seven more since including topics such as [[Harry S. Truman]], [[John Adams]], and the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''; he also hosted ''[[American Experience]]'' for twelve years. Two of McCullough's books, ''Truman'' and ''John Adams'', have been adapted into TV mini-series by [[HBO]]. McCullough's next work, about Americans in Paris, is due out in 2010.<ref name="Next">{{cite web |url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6500294.html?q=David+McCullough|title= S&S Signs McCullough to Next Book|accessdate=2008-04-25 |author= [[Publishers Weekly]]|date= 2007-11-12|work= |publisher= [[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>
==Biography==
===Youth and education===
Born to Christian Hax and Ruth McCullough,<ref name="NatBook95">{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_dmccullough.html|title= David McCullough |accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= National Book Awards Acceptance Speeches|publisher=National Book Foundation}}</ref> McCullough was educated at Linden Avenue Grade School and [[Shady Side Academy]], in his hometown of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="PresMedal">{{cite news |first=Jerome L |last=Sherman |title=Presidential biographer gets presidential medal |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06350/746640-44.stm |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=2006-12-16 |accessdate=2006-12-18 }}</ref> One of four sons, McCullough had a "marvelous" childhood; he had a wide range of interests, including sports to drawing cartoons.<ref name="AoAint">{{cite web |url= http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/mcc2int-1|title= Interview: David McCullough Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography|accessdate=2008-04-22 |author= |date= 1995-06-03|work= |publisher= Academy of Achievement}}</ref> McCullough was introduced to books at an early age, by his parents and his grandmother, who read to him often.<ref name="CRose"/> His parents talked openly about history, a topic which he feels should be discussed more often.<ref name="CRose"/> McCullough "loved school, every day";<ref name="AoAint"/> he contemplated many career choices ranging from [[architect]], [[actor]], [[painter]], [[writer]], [[lawyer]], and even attending [[medical school]].<ref name="AoAint"/>
In [[1951]], McCullough began attending classes at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Pitt son">{{cite news |first= Bob |last= Hoover|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=David McCullough: America's historian, Pittsburgh son |url= http://www.post-gazette.com/books/20011230mccullough1230fnp2.asp|work= |publisher= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date= 2001-12-30|accessdate=2008-04-21 }}</ref> He believed that it was a "privilege" to study English at Yale due to the staff, which included [[John O'Hara]], [[John Hersey]], [[Robert Penn Warren]], and [[Brendan Gill]].<ref name="NEHint">{{cite web |url= http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/mccullough/interview.html|title= David McCullough Interview|accessdate=2008-04-22 |last= Cole|first= Bruce|coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=[[National Endowment for the Humanities]]}}</ref> He occasionally ate lunch with Pulitzer Prize winning<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcnj.edu/~wilder/biography/frame.html|title= Biography|accessdate=2008-04-22 |publisher= Thorton Wilder Society}}</ref> [[novelist]] and [[playwright]] [[Thornton Wilder]].<ref name="NEHint"/> While at Yale, he became a member of [[Skull and Bones]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power|last= Robbins|first= Alexandra| authorlink= Alexandra Robbins|coauthors= |year= 2002|publisher= [[Little, Brown and Company]]|location= [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] |isbn= 0-316-72091-7|pages= 127}}</ref> He served [[Apprenticeship#United States|apprenticeships]] at ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', the [[United States Information Agency]], and ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]''.<ref name="NEHint"/> He attributes finding enjoyment in research while he was at these jobs, stating, "Once I discovered the endless fascination of doing the research and of doing the writing, I knew I had found what I wanted to do in my life."<ref name="NEHint"/> While attending Yale, McCullough studied arts and achieved his bachelor's degree in English, with the intention of becoming a fiction writer or playwright.<ref name="CRose"/> He graduated with honors in [[English literature]] in [[1955]].<ref name="YalePR">{{cite press release |title= YALE News Release|publisher= [[Yale University]]|date= 1998-05-25|url= http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-05-25-01.all.html|format= |language= English|accessdate= 2008-04-21|quote= }}</ref><ref name="PBS">{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/bios/mccullough.html|title= David McCullough|accessdate=2008-04-21 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=PBS.com}}</ref>
===Writing career===
====Early career====
After graduation, McCullough moved to [[New York City]], where the recently formed ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' hired him as a trainee.<ref name="AoAint"/> He was later hired by the [[United States Information Agency]], in [[Washington, D.C.]] as an editor and writer.<ref name="AoAbio">{{cite web |url= http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc2bio-1|title= David McCullough Biography|accessdate=2008-04-23 |author= |date= 2005-02-02|work= |publisher= Academy of Achievement}}</ref> After working for twelve years, including a position at ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'', with a consistent concentration on editing and writing, McCullough "felt that [he] had reached the point where [he] could attempt something on my own."<ref name="AoAint"/> McCullough "had no anticipation that [he] was going to write history, but [he] stumbled upon a story that [he] thought was powerful, exciting, and very worth telling."<ref name="AoAint"/> While working at ''American Heritage'', McCullough wrote in his spare time for three years.<ref name="AoAint"/><ref name="NEHbio">{{cite web |url= http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/mccullough/biography.html |title= David McCullough biography: The Citizen Chronicler|accessdate=2008-04-23 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= [[National Endowment for the Humanities]]}}</ref> ''The Johnstown Flood'', a chronicle of one of the [[Johnstown Flood|worst flood disasters]] in United States history, was released in [[1968]];<ref name="AoAint"/> to high praise by critics.<ref name="FloodRev">{{cite web |url= http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/flood_reviews.htm|title= Johnstown Flood: Reviews and Praise|accessdate=2008-04-23 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= ElectricEggplant}}</ref> John Leonard, of ''The New York Times'', said of McCullough, "We have no better social historian."<ref name="FloodRev"/> Despite rough financial times,<ref name="Pitt son"/> McCullough, with encouragement from his wife, Rosalee, made the decision to become a full-time writer.<ref name="AoApro">{{cite web |url= http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc2pro-1|title= David McCullough Profile|accessdate=2008-04-23 |author= |date= 2005-02-02|work= |publisher= Academy of Achievement}}</ref>
====Gaining recognition====
After the success of ''The Johnstown Flood'', two new publishers offered him contracts, one to write about the [[1871 Great Chicago Fire|Great Chicago Fire]], another about the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]].<ref name="BridgeInt">{{cite web |url= http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/2003annual/confevents/mccullough.cfm|title= A Painter of Words About the Past|accessdate=2008-04-23 |author= Leslie Shaver|date= 2003-04|work= |publisher= Special Libraries Association}}</ref> However, Simon & Schuster, publisher of ''The Johnstown Flood'', also offered McCullough a contract to write a second book.<ref name="Pitt son"/> Trying not to become "Bad News McCullough",<ref name="BridgeInt"/> he decided to write about a subject showing "people were not always foolish and inept or irresponsible."<ref name="BridgeInt"/> Remembering the words of his Yale teacher, "[Thornton] Wilder said he got the idea for a book or a play when he wanted to learn about something. Then, he'd check to see if anybody had already done it, and if they hadn't, he'd do it."<ref name="Pitt son"/> McCullough decided to write a history of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], which he had walked across many times.<ref name="Pitt son"/>
<blockquote class="toccolours" style="text-align:left; width:30%; float:left; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px; display:table;">"To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is."<p style="text-align: right;"> — David McCullough <ref name="NEHint"/></p></blockquote>
He also proposed, from a suggestion by his editor<!-- Peter Schuade (spelling needs confirmed) -->,<ref name="CRose"/> a work about the [[Panama Canal]]; both were accepted by the publisher.<ref name="Pitt son"/> Published in [[1972]], critics hailed ''The Great Bridge'' as "the definitive book on the event."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/bridge_reviews.htm|title= The Great Bridge: Reviews and Praise|accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher= ElectricEggplant}}</ref> Five years later, ''[[The Path Between the Seas|The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal]]'' was released, gaining McCullough widespread attention for the first time.<ref name="Pitt son"/> The book won the [[National Book Award]] for history,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1978.html|title= National Book Awards - 1978|accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=National Book Foundation}}</ref> Samuel Eliot Morison Award,<ref name="Sam78">{{cite web |url= http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1978/6/1978_6_107.shtml|title= SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD 1978|accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=AmericanHeritage.com}}</ref> the [[Francis Parkman Prize]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lovethebook.com/Awards.aspx?wid=283&pg=4&bn=9&pbn=1000|title= Francis Parkman Prize |accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= Book Awards|publisher=LoveTheBook.com}}</ref>, and the Cornelius Ryan Award.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/archive/byaward/award_ryan.php|title= Cornelius Ryan Award|accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Overseas Press Club of America}}</ref> Later in [[1977]], McCoullough travelled to the [[White House]] to advise [[Jimmy Carter]] and the [[United States Senate]] on the [[Torrijos-Carter Treaties]], which would give [[Panama]] control of the Canal.<ref name="Sam78"/> Carter later said that the treaties which were agreed upon to hand over ownership of the Canal to [[Panama]] would not have passed, had it not been for the book.<ref name="Sam78"/>
===="The story of people"====
McCullough's fourth work was his first biography, reinforcing his belief that "history is the story of people".<ref name="CapeArts"/> Released in [[1981]], ''Mornings on Horseback'' tells the story of seventeen years in the life of the 26<sup>th</sup> President of the United States, [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref name="MornEgg">{{cite web |url= http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/mornings.htm|title= Mornings on Horseback |accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=ElectricEggplant}}</ref> The work, ranging from [[1869]] to [[1886]], beginning when Roosevelt was ten years of age, tells of a "life intensely lived."<ref name="MornEgg"/> The book won McCullough's first [[Los Angeles Times]] Prize for Biography and [[New York Public Library]] Literary Lion Award, and his second National Book Award.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=814&pid=414119|title= Mornings on Horseback |accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=SimonSays.com}}</ref> Next, a collection of essays which, "unfold seamlessly"<ref>{{cite news |first= Lynn |last= Andriani|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= McCullough and S&S: 40 Years|url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6542965.html?q=David+McCullough|work= |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date= 2008-03-17|accessdate=2008-04-25}}</ref> entitled ''Brave Companions'', was released from McCullough. The essays, which were written over a twenty-year period,<ref name="BravePW">{{cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Companions-David-McCullough/dp/0671792768/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209137677&sr=8-1|title= From Publishers Weekly|accessdate=2008-04-25 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> include works about [[Louis Agassiz]], [[Alexander von Humboldt]], [[John A. Roebling|John]] and [[Washington Roebling]], [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], [[Conrad Aiken]], and [[Frederic Remington]].<ref name="BravePW"/> McCullough's second biography continued the trend of writing about American presidents. ''Truman'', about [[Harry S. Truman]], the 33<sup>rd</sup> president, was released in [[1993]]. The book won McCullough his first Pulitzer Prize, in the category of "Best Biography or Autobiography."<ref name="PulWin">{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?E=1&X=0&searchtype=1&Q=David+McCullough&FormsCheckbox1=1&words=0&case=1&FormsButton2=Search|title= The Pultizer Prize Winners|accessdate=2008-05-02 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=The Pultizer Board}}</ref> Two years later the book was adapted into a [[television movie]] by [[HBO]], starring [[Gary Sinise]] as Truman.<ref name="Pitt son"/>
<blockquote class="toccolours" style="text-align:left; width:30%; float:right; margin:0px 20px 10px 0px; display:table;">"I think it's important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn't be so admirable. The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them."<p style="text-align: right;"> — David McCullough <ref name="CNNja"/> </p></blockquote>Working for the next seven years,<ref name="SFGate">{{cite news |first= Edward|last= Guthmann|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Best-selling author David McCullough writes his stories from the inside out|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/27/DDG7TDEBOF1.DTL|work= |publisher= [[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date= 2005-06-27|accessdate=2008-05-02 }}</ref> McCullough released ''John Adams''; his third biography about a United States president, in [[2001]]. One of the fastest-selling[[ non-fiction]] books in history,<ref name="Pitt son"/> the book won McCullough's second Pultizer Prize, also for "Best Biography or Autobiography."<ref name="PulWin"/> Beginning as a book about [[Founding Fathers of the United States|founding fathers]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John Adams]], the former was eventually dropped and the book focused solely on the second president.<ref name="CNNja">{{cite news |first= Todd|last= Leopold|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= David McCullough brings 'John Adams' to life|url= http://edition1.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/06/07/david.mccullough/index.html|work= |publisher= CNN.com|date= 2005-06-07|accessdate=2008-05-02 }}</ref> HBO returned to McCullough's works to adapt ''John Adams''.<ref name="JAmini"/> Premiering in [[2008]], the [[John Adams (TV miniseries)|seven-part miniseries]] starred [[Academy Award]]-nominated actor [[Paul Giamatti]] in the title role.<ref name="JAmini">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= David McCullough's biography 'John Adams' becomes HBO miniseries |url= http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-johnadams_0315gl.ART0.State.Edition1.464fbd1.html|work= |publisher= [[The Dallas Morning News]]|date= 2008-03-08|accessdate=2008-05-03 }}</ref>
McCullough's latest work, ''1776'', tells the story of the founding year of the United States, with focus on George Washington, the amateur army, and other struggles for independence.<ref name="SFGate"/> Due to McCullough's popularity, its initial printing saw 1.25 million copies made, many more than the average history book.<ref name="PresBio"/> Upon its release, the book was a number one best-seller in the United States.<ref name="SFGate"/> HBO is scheduled to release a miniseries adaptation of ''1776'' in [[2009]], possibly involving [[Tom Hanks]], who produced ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thefutoncritic.com/moviewatch.aspx?id=1776_hbo|title= 1776(HBO)|accessdate=2008-05-03 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=The Futon Critic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847152/|title= 1776|accessdate=2008-05-03 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=IMDB.com}}</ref>
McCullough considered writing a "[[sequel]]" to ''1776''.<ref name="SFGate"/> However, he has signed a new contract with Simon & Schuster to do a work about Americans in [[Paris]]; it is scheduled for release in 2010.<ref name="Next"/> Spanning multiple topics and people, "the book will touch on achievements in literature, medicine, art, architecture, music and dance."<ref name="Next"/>
==Awards and accolades==
McCullough has received numerous awards throughout his career. His works have been published in ten languages, and over nine million copies have been printed.<ref name="CRose">{{cite episode |title= David McCullough|episodelink= |url= http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/03/21/1/a-conversation-with-author-david-mccullough|series= The Charlie Rose Show|serieslink= Charlie Rose (talk show)|credits= |network= PBS|station= |city= |airdate= 2008-03-21|began= |ended= |season= |number= |minutes= 60|transcript= |transcripturl=}}</ref> A rarity among writers, none of McCullough's eight books have gone out of print.<ref name="SSbio"/> In December 2006, McCullough received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest award that a United States citizen can receive.<ref name="PresBio"/> He has been awarded over 40 [[honorary degree]]s. For his writing, McCullough has received two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, two Francis Parkman Prizes, the [[Los Angeles Times]] Book Award, and [[New York Public Library]]’s Literary Lion Award, among others.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Simon & Schuster:David McCullough |url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=328883&feature_id=3375 |accessdate=2007-10-12}}</ref><ref name="NEHbio"/> He is a member of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gf.org/mfellow.html|title= Fellows whose last names begin with M|accessdate=2008-05-17 |author= John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|date= |work= |publisher=}}</ref> and the [[Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc2bio-1|title= David McCullough|accessdate=2008-05-17 |author= [[Academy of Achievement]]|date= |work= |publisher=[[Academy of Achievement]]}}</ref> McCullough is widely referred to as a "master of the art of narrative history."<ref name="Eggplant">{{cite web |url=http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/|title=Biography at ElectricEggplant|accessdate=2008-04-21 |format= |work= }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[Literary criticism|critic]], [[John Leonard (American critic)|John Leonard]], wrote that David McCullough was "incapable of writing a page of bad prose".<ref name="CapeArts">{{cite web |url= http://www.giambarba.com/mccullough/mccullough.html|title= History is the Story of People. Not Events|accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= Paul Giambarba |work= |publisher= CapeArts2}}</ref>
==Works==
=== Books ===
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 width="550"
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! width="35%" |Title
! width="10%" |Year
! width="55%" |Awards<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=328883&feature_id=3375|title= Awards |accessdate=2008-04-24 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref>
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| ''The Johnstown Flood''
| align="center" |[[1968]]
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| ''The Great Bridge''
| align="center" |[[1972]]
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| ''[[The Path Between the Seas]]''
| align="center" |[[1977]]
| [[National Book Award]] - [[1978]]<br>[[Francis Parkman Prize]] - 1978<br>Samuel Eliot Morison Award - 1978<br>Cornelius Ryan Award - 1978
|-
| ''Mornings on Horseback''
| align="center" |[[1981]]
| National Book Award - [[1982]]
|-
| ''Brave Companions''
| align="center" |[[1992]]
|
|-
| ''Truman''
| align="center" |[[1992]]
| [[Pulitzer Prize]] - 1993<br>The Colonial Dames of America Annual Book Award - 1993
|-
| ''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]''
| align="center" |[[2001]]
| Pulitzer Prize - [[2002]]
|-
| ''[[1776 (book)|1776]]''
|align="center" |[[2005]]
| American Compass Best Book - 2005
|}
===Narrations===
McCullough has narrated many television shows and documenteries throughout his career. In addition to narrating the 2003 film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'', McCullough hosted [[PBS]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''[[American Experience]]'' from 1988–1999.<ref name="CNNja"/> McCullough has also narrated numerous documentaries directed by [[Ken Burns]], including [[Emmy Award]] winning—''[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]]'',<ref name="CNNja"/> [[Academy Award]] nominated—''[[Brooklyn Bridge (documentary)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/brooklynbridge/about/|title= Brooklyn Bridge: About the Film|accessdate=2008-06-19 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref> ''[[The Statue of Liberty (documentary)|The Statue of Liberty]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/statueofliberty/about/|title= The Statue of Liberty: About the Film|accessdate=2008-06-19 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref> and ''[[The Congress (film)|The Congress]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/congress/about/|title= The Congress: About the Film|accessdate=2008-06-19 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref>
====List of films presented or narratated====
* ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (documentary)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Smithsonian World]]'', (5 episodes, 1984-1988)
* ''The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God'' (1984)
* ''[[The Statue of Liberty (documentary)|The Statue of Liberty]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Huey Long (documentary)|Huey Long]]'' (1985)
* ''[[The Civil War (TV series)|The Civil War]]'' (9 episodes, 1990)
* ''[[American Experience]]'' (23 episodes, 1991-2006)
* ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003)
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=328883 Main page] at [[Simon & Schuster]]
*{{imdb name|id=0567184|name=David McCullough}}
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