From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, these are stories of people of great vision and daring whose achievements continue to inspire us today, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.
The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition.
Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, âthe little woman who made the big warâ; Frederic Remington; the extraordinary Louis Agassiz of Harvard; Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and their fellow long-distance pilots Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry and Beryl Markham; Harry Caudill, the Kentucky lawyer who awakened the nation to the tragedy of Appalachia; and David Plowden, a present-day photographer of vanishing America.
Different as they are from each other, McCulloughâs subjects have in common a rare vitality and sense of purpose. These are brave companions: to each other, to David McCullough, and to the reader, for with rare storytelling ability McCullough brings us into the times they knew and their very uncommon lives.
Ărjan
2023-09-10
David McCullough tar lyssnaren med pÄ en resa genom amerikansk historia, dÀr man fÄr följa med nÄgra av nÀmnda historias stora, men ofta bortglömda mÀnniskor. LÀrorikt och underhÄllande! Personligen har jag tyckt Ànnu mer om nÄgra av de mer omfattande verken författaren levererat, som böckerna om Panamakanalen och Brooklyn Bridge, samt berÀttelserna och John Adams och Harry S Truman. Den hÀr sammanstÀlningen kÀnns mer som aptitretare Àn fullfjÀdrade biografier, men visar ÀndÄ en del av författarens förmÄga att beskriva mÀnniskorna och hÀndelserna bakom namnen. Herr McCullough axlar sjÀlv rollen som upplÀsare och gör det vÀl. Det kÀnns lite som nÀr man satt i knÀt pÄ morfar och lyssnade nÀr han berÀttade historier frÄn kriget eller sin uppvÀxt. Rekommenderas!
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