David McCullough wrote the essay on Harry Truman for the book Character Above All, published earlier this year by Simon & Schuster. He also appears on the PBS television program adapted from the book.

I was first inspired by a sweet story I read about historian David McCullough’s childhood, where he and his three brothers would wake up on Christmas morning to a wrapped book, left by Santa on the ...

LEONARD BERNSTEIN, FOR INSTANCE, GREGORY PECK, JOHN UPDIKE, AARON COPLAND, LILLIAN ALBA, JULIA CHILD, JUST A FEW HANDS DOWN, THOUGH, MY FAVORITE INTERVIEW WAS WITH HISTORY AUTHOR DAVID MCCULLOUGH.

Associated Press Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 12:59 p.m. | Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 12:59 p.m. NEW YORK — David McCullough, a Pittsburgh native and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted ...