The Course of Human Events

About this book

Forty years after his first book David McCullough wrote and presented his speech The Course of Human Events in the 2003 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities in which he divulges his philosophy on writing speaking and history in his masterful storytelling style. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in historys enduring impact and influence and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.