Journey to the Past ; David Mccullough Brings History Alive Through His Use of Narrative Storytelling.
Portland Press Herald › June 18, 2007
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David McCullough's book "Johnstown Flood" is a great example of why he is considered a master at writing narrative history.
Based on the level of detail in the book, and that McCullough is from Pittsburgh, not far from Johnstown, one would figure he had been researching the 1889 disaster all his life.See the full content of this document
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Journey to the Past ; David Mccullough Brings History Alive Through His Use of Narrative Storytelling.
Not true.
"I knew almost nothing about it, though I had heard about it all my life. When we were kids, we'd make a lake of gravy in the mashed potatoes and break it, and as the gravy rushed over the peas we'd yell 'Johnstown Flood,'" ...See the full content of this document
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