THE STORY OF DAVID McCullough.: Guide how david McCullough, pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89.

By Steven L Smith

NEW YORK - David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose painstakingly constructed tales on topics ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most famous and important historians of his time, has died. He was 89.

McCullough died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts, according to his publisher, Simon & Schuster. He died less than two months after his loving wife, Rosalee.

David McCullough was a national treasure. His writings brought history to life for millions of readers. Through his biographies, he powerfully depicted the most ennobling qualities of the American character," Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said in a statement.

A happy and relentless student of the past, McCullough committed himself to sharing his own enthusiasm for history with the general audience. He regarded himself as an everyman gifted with everlasting curiosity and the opportunity to take on the issues he cared most about.

His passion with architecture and building motivated his early efforts on the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge, while his appreciation for leaders whom he considered were honorable men brought him to Adams and Truman. In his 70s and 80s, he indulged his enthusiasm for Paris with the 2011 publication "The Greater Journey" and for aviation with a best-seller about the Wright Brothers that came out in 2015.

Beyond his writings, the attractive, white-haired McCullough may have had the most identifiable appearance of any historian, his fatherly baritone familiar to followers of PBS's "The American Experience" and Ken Burns' epic "Civil War" documentary. "Hamilton" author Ron Chernow famously named McCullough "both the name and the voice of American history."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B92FLS6K
• ISBN13: 9798844629761
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"