A Life on the Road

"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.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.