Description
"A professional memoir of a gifted, good-humored and gracious man...The book has the feel of good conversation on a long trip."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
John Charles Kuralt on the journey of his life. From a southern boy bitten by wanderlust and wonder, to a curious rover writing for newspapers, radio, and TV, to a CBS News correspondent adventuring around the world--from Cuba and Vietnam to the Congo and the North Pole, to his twenty-plus years roaming the back roads of America. In this engaging memoir, Kuralt relives a lifetime of discovering places and people whose unique stories enriched him, shaped him, and fueled his all-consuming passion: to find out what wonderful thing waits just around the next bend.
Author: Charles Kuralt
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 03/01/1995
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.92d
ISBN13: 9780345484840
ISBN10: 0345484843
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Travel | United States | General
- Social Science | Minority Studies
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
John Charles Kuralt on the journey of his life. From a southern boy bitten by wanderlust and wonder, to a curious rover writing for newspapers, radio, and TV, to a CBS News correspondent adventuring around the world--from Cuba and Vietnam to the Congo and the North Pole, to his twenty-plus years roaming the back roads of America. In this engaging memoir, Kuralt relives a lifetime of discovering places and people whose unique stories enriched him, shaped him, and fueled his all-consuming passion: to find out what wonderful thing waits just around the next bend.
Author: Charles Kuralt
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 03/01/1995
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.92d
ISBN13: 9780345484840
ISBN10: 0345484843
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Travel | United States | General
- Social Science | Minority Studies
About the Author
Charles Kuralt was a journalist best known for his decades-long career at CBS News, first as the host of the On the Road segment and later as the anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning. Among the many broadcasting honors he received are three George Foster Peabody Awards and 13 Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, as well as being named Broadcaster of the Year by the International Radio and Television Society in 1983. Kuralt published six books and a memoir, A Life on the Road, which was the #1 nonfiction bestseller of 1990.