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.

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That's how it was set up." Asked to compare Truman and John Adams, Graham said both are the subjects of great biographies by the late author David McCullough. Beyond that, he said both were men of ...

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Asked to compare Truman and John Adams, Graham said both are the subjects of great biographies by the late author David ...