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David Mccullough

A Sure-Fire Bestseller:Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

The Huffington Post | Tom Alderman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Huckleberry Finn, Book Publishing, Benjamin Spock, Stephen King, James Patterson, The Bay Psalm Book, Gone With the Wind, The Teaching Company, The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie, Bestsellers, Peter Conn, Catch 22, David McCullough, The Lost Symbol, Sarah Palin, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, To Kill a Mockingbird, Danielle Steele, Marley, Books News

Random House founder Bennett Cerf was reportedly asked how to write a best seller. The venerable editor's answer: Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. Seems Abe Li...

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An Historian's Prescient View of 9/11

Al Eisele | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Media Coverage, The Hill, Katie Couric, September 11th, David McCullough, Home News
Al Eisele

On the morning of Sept. 11, David McCullough called me to say that an airplane had just crashed into the World Trade Tower. Here is the story that my colleagues and I filed in the Sept. 12 issue of The Hill.

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Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: George Pelecanos, Outer Banks, Thomas Friedman, Obama Martha's Vineyard, The Way Home, Kent Haruf, Beach Books, Fareed Zakaria, Lush Life, Vacation Reading, Hot Flat and Crowded, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Elmore Leonard, David McCullough, Beach Reading, John Adams, Proust, North Carolina, Martha's Vineyard, Richard Price, Plainsong, Living News
Rick Horowitz

The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.

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Seeking Happiness? Try Pursuing Purpose

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Blood Sugar, Type 2 Diabetes, America, Purpose, Economic Crisis, Beer, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Common Sense Nms, Puritanism, How to Lose Weight, Life Purpose, Happiness, Cream Puffs, Declaration of Independence, Weight Control, Cocktails, Biological, Dieting, David McCullough, Alcohol, John Adams, Purpose in Life, Aarp, Weight Loss, Diabetes, The Purpose Driven Life, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Healthcare, Ben Franklin, Living News
Anne Dunev

It appears we contemporary Americans may have switched the interpretation of "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of pleasure."

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David McCullough Urges BC Graduates To Speak Properly: Cut The "Like!"

AP | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

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NEWTON, Mass. — Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough has a suggestion for what young people can do for their country. "Please, please...

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'John Adams' Premiere: Talking To Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks And David McCullough

Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Hanks, Hbo, John Adams, Paul Giamatti, David McCullough, Tom Hooper, HBO Johan Adams, Entertainment News

The long-awaited HBO adaptation of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize winning John Adams got the green light a year ago, and the seven-part mini serie...

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