# Brave Companions: Portraits in History - Hardcover

by **David McCullough** (Author)

**Master historian David McCullough's classic book about some of history's most daring and accomplished figures from Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh.**

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women who shaped the course of history and changed how we see the world. Their remarkable stories express much that is timeless about the human condition.

Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed in scope the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the little woman who made the big war"; Western artist 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 contemporary 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.

### Author Biography

David McCullough (1933-2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for _Truman_ and _John Adams_, and twice received the National Book Award, for _The Path Between the Seas_ and _Mornings on Horseback_. His other acclaimed books include _The Johnstown Flood_, _The_ _Great Bridge_, _Brave Companions_, _1776_, _The Greater Journey_, _The American Spirit_, _The Wright Brothers_, and _The Pioneers_. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 0.91 x 9.49 x 6.38 IN

**Publication Date:** September 20, 2022

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