![]() ![]() But in doing your research, how much of it was, in a sense, firsthand or first time known to the general public through your book? I mean, how much was hidden about Harry Truman?ĭavid McCullough: Well, nothing large, nothing sensational emerged in the course of the 10 years I worked on the book. ![]() Kevin Gavin: It's been 40 years since the end of the Truman administration. They discussed his just-published book, "Truman," which would garner him his first Pulitzer Prize. Their first conversation was in 1992 on Gavin’s program Between the Lines on WDUQ. The Confluence host Kevin Gavin interviewed David McCullough several times through the years. ![]() His books included biographies of John Adams and Harry Truman, as well as the building of the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge and the Johnstown Flood. He was also honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. David McCullough, a Pittsburgh native whose work as an author and historian, garnered him two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Book Awards, died Aug. ![]()
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