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Brave Companions: Portraits In History - Paperback By McCullough, David - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 0671792768
- Book Title
- Brave Companions
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, Political
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 11.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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, "the little woman who made the big war"; Frederic Remington; the extraordinary Louis Agassiz of Harvard; Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and their fellow long-distance pilots Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 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, McCullough's 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.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0671792768
ISBN-13
9780671792763
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Brave Companions
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
United States / 20th Century, United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, Political
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
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Reprint
Reviews
Cleveland Plain DealerIf you enjoy good stories well told about interesting people and places, you should read this book. You will learn something about history -- and also about good historical writing., The New York Times Book Review McCullough's portrayals...are models of compression, perspective, and the discriminating use of detail, and of what the author calls "the possibilities for self-expression in writing narrative history.", Cleveland Plain Dealer If you enjoy good stories well told about interesting people and places, you should read this book. You will learn something about history -- and also about good historical writing., Dallas Morning NewsIt will come as no surprise to the reader to learn that Mr. McCullough's first ambition was to be a portrait painter. He has supplied us with admirable portraits....All his subjects come alive., Dallas Morning News It will come as no surprise to the reader to learn that Mr. McCullough's first ambition was to be a portrait painter. He has supplied us with admirable portraits....All his subjects come alive., The New York Times Book ReviewMcCullough's portrayals...are models of compression, perspective, and the discriminating use of detail, and of what the author calls "the possibilities for self-expression in writing narrative history."
Table of Content
Contents Introduction I Phenomena CHAPTER ONE Journey to the Top of the World CHAPTER TWO The American Adventure of Louis Agassiz CHAPTER THREE The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe II The Real West CHAPTER FOUR Glory Days in Medora CHAPTER FIVE Remington III Pioneers CHAPTER SIX Steam Road to El Dorado CHAPTER SEVEN The Builders CHAPTER EIGHT The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop CHAPTER NINE Long-Distance Vision IV Figures in a Landscape CHAPTER TEN Cross the Blue Mountain CHAPTER ELEVEN The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man CHAPTER TWELVE Miriam Rothschild CHAPTER THIRTEEN South of Kankakee: A Day with David Plowden V On We Go CHAPTER FOURTEEN Washington on the Potomac CHAPTER FIFTEEN Extraordinary Times CHAPTER SIXTEEN Recommended Itinerary CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Simon Willard's Clock Index
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1992
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