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Brave companions, portraits in history, David McCullough

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Brave companions, portraits in history, David McCullough

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

Brave companions

Oclc number

227196463

Responsibility statement

David McCullough

Sub title

portraits in history

Summary

The author has collected his favorite essays -- 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

Table Of Contents

I. PHENOMENA. Journey to the top of the world -- The American adventure of Louis Agassiz -- The unexpected Mrs. Stowe -- II. THE REAL WEST. Glory days in Medora -- Remington -- III. PIONEERS. Steam road to El Dorado -- The builders -- The treasure from the carpentry shop -- Long-distance vision -- IV. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Cross the Blue Mountain -- The lonely war of a good angry man -- Miriam Rothschild -- South of Kankakee : a day with David Plowden -- V. ON WE GO. Washington on the Potomac -- Extraordinary times -- Recommended itinerary -- Simon Willard's clock

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