Dateline America

by Charles Kuralt

Travel

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Travel

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1982

About the author

Charles Kuralt was an award-winning American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.

Kuralt's "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes"; in 1975, the award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and ...the rich heritage of this great nation." He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning.

Reviews

[H (trying to keep up with GR friends) Balikov · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was never anyone on Network TV whose reach embraced more of America than Charles Kuralt. On the road, he was in his element giving us all a sense of the majesty of this big land and its people. Everyone seemed to want to share their best with him and you never were made aware of his skill in eliciting it. Dateline America is not quite as good as seeing him do his stuff on screen, but it has many of the elements that I enjoyed when he was still alive and sharing his insights with us.

[Shelley Alongi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short read. It is a good one. I enjoyed it. The only thing that I didn't like was he didn't cover more of the small town ambiance. It covered things I knew about like Booker T. Washington. But it's a great Saturday morning read over coffee. This is an older book and still relevant.