![]() ![]() In December, McCullough was among the guests at the annual Mormon Tabernacle performance on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, where he discussed two Christmas songs, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and their ties to a Christmas Eve ceremony at the White House in 1941, less than three weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Larry became quite ill with diabetes and one of his last wishes to me was to take part in the Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra." ![]() ![]() I was invited to lecture at several of the universities in Utah. ![]() "I helped him set up a summer seminar program for history teachers in Utah, whereby it was made possible to spend several weeks brushing up on history in general. Here's a fellow who had little education, who fairly late in life became interested in American history and interested in how teaching could be improved, a subject close to my heart," McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize winning historian, said during a recent telephone interview from his home in Maine. "He was a phenomenal success in business and a success at almost everything he touched. Miller, the late owner of the Utah Jazz basketball team. It started with his friendship with Larry H. NEW YORK (AP) - David McCullough's latest book project did not begin with a president or a great war. ![]()
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