David McCullough has received a Christopher Award for The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For.
The new book from David McCullough, The American Spirit, is a collection of transcripts from speeches the author has given over the last 30 years.
History, I like to think, is a larger way of looking at life. It is a source of strength, of inspiration. It is about who we are and what we stand for.
More than 100 people gathered in the West Tisbury Grange Hall on Tuesday to hear David McCullough talk about his new book, The Wright Brothers. Tickets sold for $100, with all profits going to the West Tisbury Library.
David McCullough, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and longtime resident of West Tisbury, has long been fascinated with mechanical flight. His newest book, to be released Tuesday, tells the story of Wright Brothers, a lesson in self-reliance, perseverance, family values and hard work.
The distinguished historian and West Tisbury resident has earned another prestigious laurel, this time from France. The French Legion d’Honneur is that country's highest civil and military distinction. A ceremony was planned in Boston Monday afternoon.