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1) John Adams
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As he did so brilliantly in THE GREAT BRIDGE and THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS, David McCullough once again tells a dramatic story of people and technology, this time about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly, Wilbur and Orville Wright"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
558 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris in the nineteenth century, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned there.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River...
6) 1776
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"This timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many other honors--reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At a time of self-reflection in America following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, these speeches by David McCullough remind listeners who they are as a people and what they stand for, to help them find their way forward.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1968]
Physical Desc
302 p. illus., maps (part col.), ports. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The stunning story of one of America's great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Best-selling author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America's migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a town and a government that incorporated America's highest ideals"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of the American Revolution that draws on personal correspondence and period diaries also features thirty-five removable facsimiles of historical documents, including Washington's commissions as commander-in-chief.
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
445 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Theodore Roosevelt from age ten to twenty-seven, focusing on the influence of his family relationships and experiences on his growth to manhood.
17) The Great Bridge
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1972]
Physical Desc
636 p. illus. 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century.
20) 1776
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
386 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that ranges from the siege of Boston, to the American defeat at Brooklyn and retreat across New Jersey, to the American victory at Trenton.