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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1972 book about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge written by popular historian David McCullough. It provides a history of the engineering that went into the building of the bridge as well as the toils John A. Roebling, the designer of the bridge, went through ...
David Gaub McCullough (/ məˈkʌlə /; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. 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. [2][3][4]
OCLC. 27006373. Preceded by. Mornings on Horseback. Followed by. Truman. Brave Companions: Portraits in History is a 1991 book by the American historian David McCullough. The book consists of previously published essays, most of which are biographical portraits of a specific historical figure or group of figures. It is divided into five sections.
Brooklyn Bridge. In this Academy Award-nominated film, Ken Burns, working off of a book written by the historian David McCullough, presents the bridge as a testament of American mightiness. By the ...
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977) is a book by the American historian David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster. [1][2] The 698-page book contains 80 photographs, two maps and extensive source references. It won the U.S. National Book Award in History, [3] the Francis Parkman Prize, [4] the ...
January 31, 1901. (1901-01-31) (aged 39) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Occupation. Actor. Steve Brodie (December 25, 1861 – January 31, 1901) was an American from Manhattan, New York City, who on July 23, 1886, claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived. The supposed jump, of which the veracity was disputed, gave Brodie publicity ...
Running time. 58 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Brooklyn Bridge is a documentary film on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge [ 3] and the directorial debut of Ken Burns. [ 4] It was produced by Burns, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires, and Amy Stechler in 1981.
Mornings on Horseback. Mornings on Horseback is a 1981 biography of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt written by popular historian David McCullough, covering the early part of Roosevelt's life. The book won McCullough's second National Book Award [1] and his first Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography.