David McCullough

Ken Burns American Heritage Prize

Newberry Library Award

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Jefferson Lecture

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

John Adams

Carl Sandburg Literary Award

honorary doctor of the University of Miami

Charles Frankel Prize

National Book Award

Helmerich Award

St. Louis Literary Award

Francis Parkman Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Truman

Lionel Gelber Prize

National Book Award for Nonfiction

Truman

Guggenheim Fellowship

National Book Award

Mornings on Horseback

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Mornings on Horseback

National Book Award

The Path Between the Seas

Francis Parkman Prize

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Library of Congress Living Legend

honorary doctorate from Brown University

Christopher Award

honorary doctor of the Northeastern University

National Humanities Medal