Author
David McCullough
July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022 · United States
Historian, Biographer, Writer, Journalist
Titles on list
10
Total weeks
240
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
40
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Biography
- Born
- July 7, 1933 · Pittsburgh
- Died
- August 7, 2022 · Hingham
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Shady Side Academy, Yale University, Davenport College
Awards & Honours
- 1978National Book Award
- 1978Francis Parkman Prize
- 1982National Book Award
- 1986Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1992Lionel Gelber Prize
- 1993Pulitzer Prize for Biography
- 1993St. Louis Literary Award
- 1993Francis Parkman Prize
- 1995Helmerich Award
- 1995Charles Frankel Prize
- 1995National Book Award
- 1996honorary doctor of the University of Miami
- 2000Carl Sandburg Literary Award
- 2002Pulitzer Prize for Biography
- 2003Jefferson Lecture
- 2006Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2013Newberry Library Award
- 2017Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
- National Humanities Medal
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- honorary doctorate from Brown University
- honorary doctor of the Northeastern University
- Christopher Award
On the Bestseller Lists
10 titles
HISTORY MATTERS
David McCullough
HISTORY MATTERS
#5 · 3 wks
THE PIONEERS
David McCullough
THE PIONEERS
#1 · 20 wks
THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
David McCullough
THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
#6 · 10 wks
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
David McCullough
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
#1 · 36 wks
THE GREATER JOURNEY
David McCullough
THE GREATER JOURNEY
#1 · 17 wks
1776
David McCullough
1776
#1 · 34 wks
JOHN ADAMS
David McCullough
JOHN ADAMS
#1 · 60 wks
TRUMAN
David McCullough
TRUMAN
#2 · 43 wks
MORNINGS ON HORSEBACK
David McCullough
MORNINGS ON HORSEBACK
#14 · 3 wks
THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS
David McCullough
THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS
#8 · 14 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).