Now in a collection of wholly original essays the venerated television journalist celebrates our shared values & what matters most in his great country & shows us what patriotism looks like Writing about the institutions that sustain America such as public libraries public schools & national parks; the values that have transformed us such as the struggle for civil rights; & the drive toward science & innovation that has made the United States great Rather will bring to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories & offer readers a way forward After a career spent as reporter & anchor for CBS News where he interviewed every living President since Eisenhower & was on the ground for every major event from the assassination of John F Kennedy to Watergate to 911 Rather has in the last year also become a hugely popular voice of reason on social media with nearly two million Facebook followers & an engaged new audience who help to make many of his posts go viral With his famously plain spoken voice & a fundamental sense of hope Dan Rather has written the book to inspire conversation & listening & to remind us all how American's are ultimately united This book will be a must read for everyone you know who is engaged in the urgent national conversation right now
- & interested in our place in history going forward