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David Mccullough Biography
David McCullough once said, “Every book is a new journey.” This statement holds so much truthfulness for McCullough because he believes that to write a good book you must read what your subject read and go where you subject has been. By doing this McCullough is able to get to know his subject on a personal level. By reaching this level he was able to achieve greatness. Not only has McCullough won the heart of Americans, he has won two Pulitzer Prizes on his works, Truman and John Adams. He has also one two National Book Awards, for his books, Mornings on Horseback and The Path Between the Seas. Among his many honors, his most admiral award is the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this is an award given by the President of the United States. McCullough has a very successful career at hand, he has completed eight books before the age of seventy-two and is currently writing another one. This book will be entitled Americans in Paris. This book is rumored to be about the following historical figures: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edith Wharton, Langston Hughes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Samuel Morse, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William L. …show more content…
The tour of Europe lasted for a little over a year. They visited all of the “touristy” locations as well as the less traveled places. The family even went back to their favorite locations multiple times. The trip was one of the fondest memories for the Roosevelt children. Young Teedie only had a few severe asthma attacks, but each was taken care of by a trip to a new location. The trip on the Nile was Teedie’s personal favorite because of the very distinct wildlife; on this trip alone he killed well over four hundred birds. On his “last hunt” he shot a 280-pound tiger, he was enthralled by this event. This was called his last hunt because Alice told him

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