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David McCullough Dies: Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Was 89

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David McCullough, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian whose biographies gave character and compelling narratives to figures and moments that make up the fabric of the American experience, has died.

He was 89.His daughter, Dorie Lawson, confirmed his death to The New York Times.Two of McCullough’s most famous works, presidential biographies of Harry Truman in 1992 and John Adams in 2001, not only won Pulitzer Prizes but were turned into TV miniseries.

His gift for storytelling translated into that of a narrator of documentaries like Ken Burns’ Civil War.McCullough received the National Book Award for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback.

Other best sellers included The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The Wright Brothers, and The American Spirit.

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