Conversation so far:
Did David McCullough have any issues with grasping an audience?
Trying not to become "Bad News McCullough", he decided to write about a subject showing "people were not always foolish and inept or irresponsible..
was it always up hill or did he have some bad spots?
After the success of The Johnstown Flood, two new publishers offered him contracts, one to write about the Great Chicago Fire and another about the San Francisco earthquake.

Question: Was any of his works published?
Self-contained rewrite: Was any of David McCulloughs work published