English Literature In Depth Analysis of Poems, Prose, Dramas.

  1776 INTRODUCTION BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID MCCULLOUGH David McCullough grew up in Pennsylvania, and later studied English literature at Yale University, where he learned from some of the greatest American writers of the era. He worked for Sports Illustrated and later the United States Information Agency. He published his first book, The Johnstown Flood , in 1968, to great success. Since 1968, McCullough has written dozens of acclaimed history books, including Truman (1993) and John Adams (2001), both of which won the Pulitzer Prize, and 1776 (2005). He’s been married to Rosalee Barnes since the age of 17.   HISTORICAL CONTEXT The primary historical event of 1776 is, of course, the Revolutionary War. Following the French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754 to 1763, the British Empire began to tighten controls over its American colonies, instituting heavy taxes (m...