David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
"The Great Bridge is a book so compelling and complete as to be a
literary monument. . . . McCullough has written that sort of work
which brings us to the human center of the past."
--Los Angeles Times
"The Great Bridge is a great book. . . . This is the definitive
book on the event. Do not wait for a better try: there won't be
any."
--Norman Rosten, Newsday
"After reading David McCullough's account, you will never look at
the old bridge in quite the same way again."
--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
"The Great Bridge is a book so compelling and complete as to
be a literary monument. . . . McCullough has written that sort of
work which brings us to the human center of the past."
--Los Angeles Times
"The Great Bridge is a great book. . . . This is the
definitive book on the event. Do not wait for a better try: there
won't be any."
--Norman Rosten, Newsday
"After reading David McCullough's account, you will never look at
the old bridge in quite the same way again."
--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
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