Portraits of men and women who have shaped the course of history or changed how we view the world.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
0671792768
ISBN-13
9780671792763
Publication Date
Nov 1992
Item Weight
0.50 pounds
Length
9.25 inch
Width
6.10 inch
Height
0.63 inch
First Sentence
ON A MORNING in May 1804, there arrived at the White House by Baltimore coach, and in the company of the painter Charles Willson Peale, a visitor from abroad: an aristocratic young German, age thirty-four, a bachelor, occupation scientist and explorer.
David Gaub McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.
