
David McCullough Library E-book Box Set
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This ebook box set includes all of David McCullough's bestselling titles:
1776 is the riveting story of George Washington, the men who marched with him, and their British foes in the momentous year of American independence.
Brave Companions contains profiles of the exceptional men and women who shaped history, among them Alexander von Humboldt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charles and Anne Lindbergh.
The Great Bridge is the remarkable, enthralling story of the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which linked two great cities and epitomized American optimism, skill, and determination.
John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prize?winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation's founders and most important figures, who became our second president.
The Johnstown Flood is the classic history of an American tragedy that became a scandal in the age of the Robber Barons, the preventable flood that destroyed a town and killed 2,000 people.
Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant National Book Award?winning biography of young Theodore Roosevelt's metamorphosis from sickly child to a vigorous, intense man poised to become a national hero and then president.
Path Between the Seas is the epic National Book Award?winning history of the heroic successes, tragic failures, and astonishing engineering and medical feats that made the Panama Canal possible.
Truman is the Pulitzer Prize?winning biography of Harry Truman, the complex and courageous man who rose from modest origins to make momentous decisions as president, from dropping the atomic bomb to going to war in Korea.
A special bonus is included: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history's enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- 1776
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Part I: The Siege
- Chapter One: Sovereign Duty
- Chapter Two: Rabble in Arms
- Chapter Three: Dorchester Heights
- Part II: Fateful Summer
- Chapter Four: The Lines Are Drawn
- Chapter Five: Field of Battle
- Part III: The Long Retreat
- Chapter Six: Fortune Frowns
- Chapter Seven: Darkest Hour
- Acknowledgments
- Source Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Brave Companions: Portraits in History
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- I: Phenomena
- Chapter One: Journey to the Top of the World
- Chapter Two: The American Adventure of Louis Agassiz
- Chapter Three: The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe
- II: The Real West
- Chapter Four: Glory Days in Medora
- Chapter Five: Remington
- III: Pioneers
- Chapter Six: Steam Road to El Dorado
- Chapter Seven: The Builders
- Chapter Eight: The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop
- Chapter Nine: Long-Distance Vision
- IV: Figures in a Landscape
- Chapter Ten: Cross the Blue Mountain
- Chapter Eleven: The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man
- Chapter Twelve: Miriam Rothschild
- Chapter Thirteen: South of Kankakee: A Day with David Plowden
- V: On We Go
- Chapter Fourteen: Washington on the Potomac
- Chapter Fifteen: Extraordinary Times
- Chapter Sixteen: Recommended Itinerary
- Chapter Seventeen: Simon Willard's Clock
- Index
- The Great Bridge
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Part One
- 1. The Plan
- 2. Man of Iron
- 3. The Genuine Language of America
- 4. Father and Son
- 5. Brooklyn
- 6. The Proper Person to See
- 7. The Chief Engineer
- Part Two
- 8. All According to Plan
- 9. Down in the Caisson
- 10. Fire
- 11. The Past Catches Up
- 12. How Natural, Right, and Proper
- 13. The Mysterious Disorder
- 14. The Heroic Mode
- Part Three
- 15. At the Halfway Mark
- 16. Spirits of '76
- 17. A Perfect Pandemonium
- 18. Number 8, Birmingham Gauge
- 19. The Gigantic Spinning Machine
- 20. Wire Fraud
- 21. Emily
- 22. The Man in the Window
- 23. And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful
- 24. The People's Day
- Epilogue
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- John Adams
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Part 1
- Chapter One: The Road to Philadelphia
- Chapter Two: True Blue
- Chapter Three: Colossus of Independence
- Part 2
- Chapter Four: Appointment to France
- Chapter Five: Unalterably Determined Abigail in Paris
- Chapter Six: Abigail in Paris
- Chapter Seven: London
- Part 3
- Chapter Eight: Heir Apparent
- Chapter Nine: Old Oak
- Chapter Ten: Statesman
- Chapter Eleven: Rejoice Ever More
- Chapter Twelve: Journey's End
- Acknowledgments
- Source Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- The Johnstown Flood
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Epigraph
- Chapter I: The sky was red
- Chapter II: Sailboats on the mountain
- Chapter III: "There's a man came from the lake."
- Chapter IV: Rush of the torrent
- Photo Insert
- Chapter V: "Run for your lives!"
- Chapter VI: A message from Mr. Pitcairn
- Chapter VII: In the valley of death
- Chapter VIII: "No pen can describe."
- Chapter IX: "Our misery is the work of man."
- List of Victims
- Bibliography
- Index
- Mornings on Horseback
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Author's Note
- Part One
- Chapter One: Greatheart's Circle
- Chapter Two: Lady from the South
- Chapter Three: Grand Tour
- Chapter Four: A Disease of the Direst Suffering
- Chapter Five: Metamorphosis
- Part Two
- Chapter Six: Uptown
- Chapter Seven: The Moral Effect
- Chapter Eight: Father and Son
- Part Three
- Chapter Nine: Harvard
- Chapter Ten: Especially Pretty Alice
- Chapter Eleven: Home Is the Hunter
- Chapter Twelve: Politics
- Chapter Thirteen: Strange and Terrible Fate
- Chapter Fourteen: Chicago
- Chapter Fifteen: Glory Days
- Chapter Sixteen: Return
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Photo Credits
- The Path Between the Seas
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Front Author
- Book One: The Vision 1870-1894
- Chapter 1: Threshold
- Chapter 2: The Hero
- Chapter 3: Consensus of One
- Chapter 4: Distant Shores
- Chapter 5: The Incredible Task
- Chapter 6: Soldiers Under Fire
- Chapter 7: Downfall
- Chapter 8: The Secrets of Panama
- Book Two: Stars and Stripes for Ever 1890-1904
- Chapter 9: Theodore the Spinner
- Chapter 10: The Lobby
- Chapter 11: Against All Odds
- Chapter 12: Adventure by Trigonometry
- Chapter 13: Remarkable Revolution
- Chapter 14: Envoy Extraordinary
- Book Three: The Builders 1904-19141
- Chapter 15: The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas
- Chapter 16: Panic
- Chapter 17: John Stevens
- Chapter 18: The Man with the Sun in His Eyes
- Chapter 19: The Chief Point of Attack
- Chapter 20: Life and Times
- Chapter 21: Triumph
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- Truman
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Part One: Son of the Middle Border
- Chapter 1: Blue River Country
- Chapter 2: Model Boy
- Chapter 3: The Way of the Farmer
- Chapter 4: Soldier
- Part Two: Politician
- Chapter 5: Try, Try Again
- Chapter 6: The Senator from Pendergast
- Chapter 7: Patriot
- Chapter 8: Numbered Days
- Part Three: To the Best of My Ability
- Chapter 9: The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets
- Chapter 10: Summer of Decision
- Part Four: Mr. President
- Chapter 11: The Buck Stops Here
- Chapter 12: Turning Point
- Chapter 13: The Heat in the Kitchen
- Chapter 14: Fighting Chance
- Part Five: Weight of the World
- Chapter 15: Iron Man
- Chapter 16: Commander in Chief
- Chapter 17: Final Days
- Part Six: Back Home
- Chapter 18: Citizen Truman
- Acknowledgments
- Source Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Photo Credits
- The Course of Human Events
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Washington, D. C. May 15, 2003
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