Remembering Charles Kuralt [Hardcover]

Ralph Grizzle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 4, 2000

Based on interviews with Charles Kuralt and 100 of his friends, family and colleagues, Remembering Charles Kuralt chronicles the life of a North Carolina farm boy who went on to become one of America's most admired television journalists. Includes 95 photographs.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Commissioned by his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to gather and compile an oral history of fellow alum Charles Kuralt, Grizzle produced this sweet, lovely homage to the traveling CBS news correspondent. Having interviewed nearly 100 people for the bookAincluding Kuralt's first girlfriend, his best friend from sixth through 12th grades and colleagues like Walter Cronkite and Andy RooneyAGrizzle is quick to point out that this is not a biography but a chronologically arranged collection of verbal reminiscences, keen glimpses into the life of a remarkably optimistic man. A newsman himself, Grizzle does not dissect and analyze every sticky detail of Kuralt's life and career, but honors and celebrates a journalist who represents, for him, the best in the business. All of the people he talked to report their high regard for Kuralt's maturity, seriousness and gift with words. Even as a boy, Kuralt had a resonant voice, considered himself a reporter and dreamed of heading up the New York Times. Grizzle devotes a chapter to each person with whom he spoke and links every anecdote with an insight from Kuralt's collection of personal letters and articles, A Life on the Road. For fans of On the Road who still admireAand missAKuralt's faith in humanity and the simple pleasures he enjoyed and shared, this is a welcome commemoration. 95 b&w photos. (July)
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Review

"[a] sweet, lovely homage . . . a welcome commemoration." -- Publishers Weekly, June 12, 2000

Grizzle has produced a colorful and highly readable account of the life of a genuine American bard who simply permitted himself "to be detoured." Consequently, Charles Kuralt, as a long-time colleague put it, discovered "what was best and most true about the rest of us." -- Michael J. Healey, articles editor, Hemispheres, United Airlines in-flight magazine

Its a life story told in vignettes, revealed through the voices of scores of friends, family members, colleagues. Grizzle was thorough, talking with nearly 100 people and seeking out dozens of rarely seen photographs. Together, they weave a history of a man who grew far beyond his roots but, in the end, was still a boy from North Carolina. -- Our State, by Betty Work

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kenilworth Media; 1St Edition edition (July 4, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967909600
• ISBN-13: 978-0967909608
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,637,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I began my journalistic career at the age of 32, following the conclusion of my 'sabbatical decade.' From 1980 through 1990, I bicycled across America, pedaled through Europe and island-hopped the South Pacific.

After backpacking through Bali, bussing through Java, hopping a boat to Singapore and crossing Malaysia to Thailand, I flew into Burma, tramped to Dhaka and endured a 32-hour train ride from calamitous Calcutta to bustling Bombay.

From there, I hopped a plane for Greece and traveled to Switzerland before returning home, where I settled, quite naturally, into a career of travel writing.

From 1996 to 2009, I contributed to HEMISPHERES, United Airlines' award-winning inflight magazine. The North American Travel Journalism Association, awarded my article, Ship Shape, which appeared in the September 2005 issue of Hemispheres, in the category of 'Best Cruise Writing.'

I make my home in Asheville, North Carolina and live part of the year near Copenhagen, Denmark.

When in Asheville, I enjoy mountain biking, hiking, lingering in coffee shops and frequent trips to the gorgeous Biltmore Estate. When in Scandinavia, I enjoy biking, lingering in coffee shops and trying to learn Scandinavian words.

My work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and numerous consumer magazines. I am the author of four books, including Remembering Charles Kuralt,' a biography that Publisher's Weekly called 'a sweet and lovely homage, a welcome commemoration.'

I am currently the Chief Evangelist at avidcruiser.com.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Friends remember famed CBS newsman, August 30, 2000

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Author Bill Peschel "Writers Gone Wild" (Hershey, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remembering Charles Kuralt (Hardcover)

Charles Kuralt never really believed how good he was at his profession. That's hard to believe, but it's a sad truth and maybe at the heart of the man who traveled the country for over 30 years, chronicalling what he saw and felt in his "On the Road" series for CBS News.

By that time he graduated college, Kuralt had a work record that would be the envy of a college journalism graduate. As recounted in "Remembering Charles Kuralt," a collection of interviews and essays edited by Ralph Grizzle, the high school senior had worked for a radio station, helping to call the baseball games of the Charlotte Hornet. The summer he was 13, he had a once-a-week radio show. He had won an essay contest on democracy and delivered his speech in the House of Burgesses in Colonial Williamsburg.

Kuralt knew what he wanted to be a reporter early in his life, and he pursued it with a single-minded determination. But not only that, he did it on his work ethic and talent alone, and in a good-natured manner that came through in his television appearances. "I never heard Charles say anything unkind about anybody," jazz pianist and friend Loonis McGlohon said, "that's true, and in thinking about it, it's pretty unusual."

"Remembering Charles Kuralt" covers the whole of his life and career: his upbringing in eastern North Carolina, his growth as a writer and reporter, his career at CBSNews, and his life in retirement, his illness, decline and death. It's an affectionate look that reveals more about the man than Kuralt probably would have wanted.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, February 24, 2001

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This review is from: Remembering Charles Kuralt (Hardcover)

This is a well-written, intimate portrait of Kuralt presented in a way which itself reminds the reader of Charles Kuralt's own journalistic style. A beautiful edition including original photographs and a variety of personal and professional perspectives. Recommended for any fan of Charles Kuralt or for the reader who wants to learn how and why this charismatic individual transformed the nature of American journalism.

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Description, June 23, 2007

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