I‘ve been trying to figure out where I‘ve heard David McCullough‘s voice before. Then it hit me: he‘s the narrator of Ken Burns‘s documentary “The Civil War.”
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Tamra Yes! Love his writing & voice. 5y
GingerAntics @Tamra right? There is something so authoritative, yet very soothing about his voice. This is he first McCullough book I‘ve read, so I don‘t know as much about his own material. I‘m quite enjoying it, however. I‘m definitely going to have to look into more of his own historical work. 5y
Amiable He‘s a fabulous historian and writer. Love his work. 5y
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CBee My husband is a history buff/genius 😂 One of his favorite documentaries is Burns‘ “The Civil War.” 5y
GingerAntics @CBee I love that documentary. 5y
CBee @GingerAntics it‘s amazing. Really anything Ken Burns does is incredible. 5y
GingerAntics @CBee I‘m trying to think if I‘ve seen any of his other stuff. I know I wanted to watch the World War documentary he did, but I got outvoted when it aired on PBS. I‘ll have to go in search of more of his documentaries. 5y
CBee @GingerAntics hubs says he‘s done one on WWII, Vietnam, oh and the National Parks one (he hasn‘t seen that one). All excellent. 5y
GingerAntics @CBee not a huge fan of the world wars, especially with the way people talk about them now. The National Parks one sounds wonderful. Good thing Burns did a documentary on them, as at this rate we won‘t have them much longer. 5y
CBee @GingerAntics I can understand that. Let me know if you watch the Parks one, it sounds amazing! 5y
GingerAntics @CBee especially after reading this and hearing about how much Orville was hurt by their invention being turned into a weapon the way it was, I think I need more distance from this before I can see the WWII documentary. lol I‘ll keep you posted. 5y
CBee @GingerAntics you learn something new every day - I didn‘t know that 😕 5y
GingerAntics @CBee yeah Wilber was dead and Orville watched on as WWI raged and said something along the lines of they knew it would have military applications like transport, but they never imagined planes would become bringers of death and destruction like that. He said he didn‘t regret anything, it just saddened him. (edited) 5y
CBee @GingerAntics oh, that‘s sad. I can‘t say I‘m surprised. War, what is it good for, right? 😢 5y
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