A Long Way from Home

Growing Up in the American Heartland

De: Tom Brokaw

Narrado por: Tom Brokaw

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©2002 Tom Brokaw; (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“[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

Ease

I too am a native South Dakotan and have always admired Mr Brokow and his accomplishments. Just as he is I am proud to call myself a South Dakotan. The rest of the world seems to dismiss our intellect and abilities. Mr Brokow is a shining example of the best of us!

A Clear View Of Tom Brokaw's Rear View Window

When one hears this story from the voice of the teller, Tom Brokaw's life is appreciated even better. With an autobiography as rich and deep as the baritone voice of its owner, the reader is transported to the shaping world and culture of South Dakota, where Brokaw's BEST was WON from the wisdom of hardscrabble circumstance.

Frank reveal

Tom Brokaw uses his story telling ability to reveal his childhood. He reveals how this bled into his adult,hood his career. 

Enjoyed It

Brokaw did a great job incorporating his past with the present...I am from south dakota so it made things easy to relate too...although I do not think u would have to be from south dakota to enjoy it...it is for all readers who enjoy biography type reads