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Brave Companions
by: David McCullough

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 920.073
EAN: 9780671792763
ISBN: 0671792768
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 01, 1992
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 3997
Studio: Simon & Schuster

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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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- Delightful Collection
All writers, especially biographers and journalists, have a collection of vignettes in their notebooks or files that are like film outtakes -- they're left on the cutting room floor. Here, McCullough gathers up his outtakes relating to fascinating people, places and things and puts them together in a nice book that doesn't require concentration. But the people and places he writes about are interesting and reading the book is similar to wandering around in an irrestible old museum. A lot of the material here comes from books he has written and researched. McCullough said he wanted to be a portrait painter in life, and this book is like a McCullough retrospective in words. Nice job.

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- Brave Companions
Received product promptly and was brand new as described. McCullough is an excellent writer and enjoyable to read.

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- Make your teens read it!
David McCulloug is my favorite historian ever since I read THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS. Since then I have read his books every time I find one.

The chapters on Alexander Von Humbolt was terrific and the one about the building of the Brooklyn bridge made my hair stand on end.

This book should be required reading for all 10, 11 and 12 graders. Its short format and chapter by chapter coverage of persons, places and events is ideal for the short attention span of today's young readers. I will introduce them to persons and events that they have never heard of but might inspire them to do great things if they can just get away from the video games and "reality shows". It may show them that people can do great things when they love what they do and work at.

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- quite a mix
This is a collection of articles David McCullough wrote over a span of years. Each has a different topic and a different pace. Some are familiar characters; others were new to me.

Some of these articles were very good and inspired me to buy books on the topics and folks mentioned, for example: Dolly Madison, Alexander von Humboldt, and Louis Agassiz, and the early aviators. I also added a few of the books mentioned to my Amazon wish list -- they seem like they will be interesting.

I think the book was front-loaded -- the more interesting articles (to me)were at the beginning. As the book progressed, the writing style became so self-conscious, with McCullough's voice coming through all the time. It got old. McCullough kept interjecting himself into the work. "Washington on the Potomac" is especially fraught with self-reference.

I thought the worst article in the collection ... Read More

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