Charles Kuralt's America by Charles Kuralt
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Book Summary Author: Charles Kuralt Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 1996-09-01 ISBN: 0385485107 Number of pages: 279 Publisher: Anchor |
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Book Reviews of the Charles Kuralt's America
Customer Review: Third age vagabond
Summary: 4 Stars
Charles Kuralt reads his own work on the audiobook. It seems like he had a lot of fun traveling around the country. People knew him, and then offered to show him around, for example, fly over a glacier in Alaska or have a special interview with a noted saddle maker in New Mexico.
It's nice that he had the money and means to do these things, a kind of third age "On the Road" adventure, but of course without the drugs and revels of Kerouac. And no Cody.
Maybe this was more like Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley."
In fact, Charles is so discreet, he even rebuffs a woman of possible ill repute in Key West. Oh ye of great faith!
But he hardly ever mentions his wife, maybe once or twice at the end. Was she happy just sitting at home? Or maybe she was traveling elsewhere? Anyway, I think it's too bad they could not have traveled together.
It was sad, though, when his father died, even though his father was pretty old (late 80s I think).
Of all the places he visited, I think I did like Key West best, because that was really the place that was furthest away from the American mainstream, except maybe Alaska, and I would prefer to travel outside of the country than in. From Key West, of course, you can get to the Caribbean countries pretty easily. What if he had done that? Diximus.