History matters [LP]
In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays--many never published before--Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided by its lessons, and the enduring legacy of American ideals. History Matters brings toget...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / by Dorie McCullough Lawson
- Foreword by Jon Meacham
- PART ONE: WHY HISTORY? Why history ; American values ; Take luck to heart ; The good work of America ; "The Art of Biography" (The Paris Review interview)
- PART TWO: FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Thomas Eakins ; Harriet Beecher Stowe in Paris ; A conversation about George ; Harry S. Truman
- PART THREE: INFLUENCES. The love of learning ; Tribute to Vincent Scully ; Getting through to Schlesinger ; Tribute to Paul Horgan ; Accuracy and imagination: tribute to Herman Wouk ; Favorite and influential books ; A book on every bed
- PART FOUR: ON WRITING. The good, hard work of writing well ; A bit of history about my typewriter ; Reading and writing: a recommended reading list ; History and art.
