"David McCullough wrote huge, bestselling books that range from the Johnstown Flood to the Brooklyn Bridge and Panama Canal, John Adams, Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Truman. He hosted "The American Experience" on PBS and narrated Ken Burns' "The Civil War." (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE CIVIL WAR") MCCULLOUGH: The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast."
""History Matters" is a new book that collects some of David McCullough's speeches, interviews and essays in which he spoke of the importance of history and the joy he took in writing it. The book has been edited by his daughter Dorie McCullough Lawson and his longtime researcher, Michael Hill, and has a foreword from the historian Jon Meacham. Dorie McCullough Lawson and Jon Meacham join us now. Thanks so much for being with us. DORIE MCCULLOUGH LAWSON: Thank you. JON MEACHAM: Thank you."
Speeches, interviews, and essays emphasize the importance of history, the joy of research, and memory's role in shaping civic identity. Coverage spans events and figures such as the Johnstown Flood, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Television hosting and documentary narration are highlighted as ways to bring historical understanding to broad audiences. Recurring themes include curiosity, attentive listening, continuity of character across a lifetime, and devotion to primary values like courage and respect. Editorial contributions and a historian's foreword provide context for the assembled material.
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