David McCullough

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It's why everybody should be able to go into the stacks. You find the books you didn't know you were looking for.

David McCullough

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

David McCullough

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

David McCullough

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

David McCullough

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that.

David McCullough

I don't feel that there is a great divide between the work that I and others do and those in the academic world.

David McCullough