A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties

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Tom Brokaw

A Long Way from Home

Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties

Tom Brokaw

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Vintage Books
15 November 2003

Biography: business & industry; Media studies; Radio & television industry

Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties

Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years

From his parents' life

in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of

South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and

the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on

America in our time.

Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the

heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped

him then and still do today.

His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed

the instincts of Tom's mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family

from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment

operator in the Army Corps of Engineers' project building the Ft. Randall dam along

the Missouri River.

Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision

in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began

to live out the American Dream- community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures

and good educations for their children.

""Along the river and in the surrounding hills,

I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood,"" Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage

as it unfolded-from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism,

and beyond-he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation

to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it.

Praise for A Long Way from Home

"" 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

By: Tom Brokaw
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 187g
ISBN: 9780375759352
ISBN 10: 0375759352
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 November 2003
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers- The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, An Album of Memories, Boom!, The Time of Our Lives, A Long Way from Home, and A Lucky Life Interrupted. A native of South Dakota, he graduated from the University of South Dakota, and 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 was the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw from 1983 to 2005. He continues to report for NBC News, producing long-form documentaries and providing expertise during breaking news events. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, three Peabody Awards, and several Emmys, including one for lifetime achievement. In 2014, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He lives in New York and Montana.

Reviews for A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties

[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