Charles Kuralt Knihy

"Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our premier chroniclers, a man who has helped us to see and celebrate our country in a way we never had before." "He takes us to Montana in September and Alaska in June, deep into Cajun country in winter and along the North Carolina mountains in spring. He explores Charleston and the Florida Keys, the coast of Maine and the deserts of New Mexico, the boundary waters of northern Minnesota and the back roads of Vermont when the oaks and maples turn to crimson and gold." "Throughout, his accounts are filled with people, stories, and experiences; suffused by a poet's love of language; rich in the spirit and flavor of this infinite and varied land. Here is a book of pure reading pleasure - like its author, a national treasure."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Magnum photographer Kubota's colour pictures portray the beauty and diversity of a vast land, as well as the many facets of America. From the bison of the Western plains to a village meeting in New England, from the towering office blocks of New York's fiancial centre to the pueblo dwellings of New Mexico, from factory workers in Detroit to dirt farmers in the Southeast, Japanese-born photographer Kubota traveled the United States for three years and used more than 3500 rolls of film to produce this beautiful collection.

Charles Kuralt, bestselling author and inveterate traveler, takes a nostalgic trip back to his early years in the South, sharing the phenomena that has made the Southern spirit what it is. Illustrated with over 400 duotone and 50 full color photographs.

"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.