American author, historian and biographer David McCullough talks with Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief John Avlon at The Charleston Library Society on April 15, 2015 about the secret to writing, and writing history, well.
Beyond the importance of rewriting and self-editing, there's an underlying theme: that the goal is to tell a story.
And David McCullough -- in most of his books -- tells great stories. Let us remember that his college work was in English not history.
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