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The Book Show #1610 - David McCullough

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published May 28, 2019 at 3:00 PM EDT
Book cover for The Pioneers and author photo of David McCullough

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times Bestselling author, and master historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story with his latest, “The Pioneers.” In it he tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers.
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