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My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.

David McCullough

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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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