The historian was non-partisan for much of his life, but spoke out against Donald Trump in 2016, leading a group of historians that included Burns and Chernow in denouncing the Republican presidential nominee as a “monstrous clown with a monstrous ego.” McCullough also had one emphatic cause: education. Barack Obama included McCullough among a gathering of scholars who met at the White House soon after Obama was elected. Jimmy Carter cited "A Path Between the Seas″ as a factor in pushing for the 1977 treaties which returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama. Politicians frequently claimed to have read his books, especially his biographies of Truman and Adams. He addressed a joint session of Congress in 1989 and in 2006 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. McCullough also was a favorite in Washington, D.C. Upon his 80th birthday, his native Pittsburgh renamed the 16th Street Bridge the “David McCullough Bridge.” 48 on the Modern Library’s list of the best 100 nonfiction works of the 20th century and is still widely regarded as the definitive text of the great 19th century project. “The Great Bridge,” a lengthy exploration of the Brooklyn Bridge’s construction, was ranked No.
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