'History Matters,' a posthumous essay collection by David McCullough, will be published this fall

A collection of essays by the late David McCullough, including some never published before, will be released this fall. “History Matters” is scheduled for Sept. 16, Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. McCullough’s daughter, Dorie McCullough Lawson, and longtime researcher Michael Hill co-edited the book. Fellow historian Jon Meacham contributed a foreword. McCullough, who died in 2022 at age 89, was a two-time Pulitzer winner and among the most honored and influential historians of his time. His books include biographies of President Harry Truman and President John Adams, “1776” and an acclaimed work on the Brooklyn Bridge, “The Great Bridge.” Simon & Schuster says McCullough “showed the public why history matters.”