Description
?[A] love letter to the...people and places that enriched a ?Tom Sawyer boyhood.? Brokaw...has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life....Bottom line: Tom?s terrific.??People?Breezy and straightforward...much like the assertive TV newsman himself.??Los Angeles Times?Brokaw writes with disarming honesty.??The Atlanta Journal-Constitution?Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers.??Richmond Times-Dispatch From the Trade Paperback edition. -- [A] love letter to the...people and places that enriched a Tom Sawyer boyhood. Brokaw...has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life....Bottom line: Tom s terrific. People Breezy and straightforward...much like the assertive TV newsman himself. Los Angeles Times Brokaw writes with disarming honesty. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers. Richmond Times-Dispatch From the Trade Paperback edition. --LA Times TOM BROKAW is the author of three bestsellers: The Greatest Generation , The Greatest Generation Speaks , and An Album of Memories . A native of South Dakota, Tom Brokaw graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. He's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He lives in New York and Montana.
Features & Highlights
- Tom Brokaw writes of growing up in the American heartland, & of the people, the culture, & the values that shaped him in his youth & still do today. Born in SD, in 1950, Tom made his first public performance at the age of 4. After the war, the family moved to Pickstown, a new town built to house workers constructing the Ft. Randall Dam. He describes watching this instant town go up around him, & the happiness of growing up here in the 50s. When Tom was 15, he got a job at a local radio station, spinning the new rock-&-roll records. There he met Meredith Auld, who would eventually become his wife. As he describes his pilgrimage, Brokaw also reflects on what brought him & so many Americans to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. Ill.
