David McCullough on The Pioneers

David McCullough discusses the traits and values that the settlers of the Northwest Territory brought west and how we can heed their lessons today.

David McCullough on the Northwest Territory

David McCullough discusses the vitality of the Northwest Ordinance and how the Northwest Territory—present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin—forever changed America.

The Father-Son Story of Early America

David McCullough discusses how Manasseh Cutler conceived the idea of trekking west and how his son, Ephraim, establish a new society in the Northwest Territory while also ensuring the region would remain free of slavery.

The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough

David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of America’s most respected historians, tells the profoundly American story of two brothers from Ohio who dared to fly.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author David McCullough on the importance of librarians.

Historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author David McCullough discusses his relationship with libraries and librarians throughout his career, including his first visits to the library as a youngster.

The Wright Sister

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough, author of The Wright Brothers, discusses the role Wilbur and Orville’s younger sister, Katharine, played in their lives.