Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough still does his writing on a typewriter, and his packing list includes hardcovers and paperbacks: possibly the latest from David Brooks, and perhaps Willa Cather’s 'My Antonia'
Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough delves into the less familiar story of the settlement of the Northwest Territory in his new bookMore than 200 years after settlers embarked on a 700-mile journey from New England to what was known as the Northwest Territory, David McCullough says a crucial item on their packing list is also on his: books.
“They were taking their Bible, they were taking books about religion, or they were taking, just, books that meant a lot to them,” says Mr. McCullough, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose latest book covers this era. “Each and every one of these men wound up with tremendous pride in the library they had assembled.”
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