David McCullough, 1933-2022 David McCullough, one of the most popular and influential historians of all time, was a bestselling, two-time Pulitzer Prize and two-time National Book Award winner, the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the writer of more than a dozen books on American history, from the building of Brooklyn Bridge to the building of the constitution. He wrote about subjects from Harry Truman to John Adams to the Wright Brothers. He was a longtime client and close friend of Mort Janklow. “Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.”