Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite

For decades, Walter Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America." Millions across the nation welcomed him into their homes, first as a print reporter for the United Press on the front lines of World War II, and later, in the emerging medium of television, as a host of numerous documentary programs and as anchor of the CBS Evening News, from 1962 until his retirement in 1981. Yet this very public figure, undoubtedly the twentieth century's most revered journalist, was a remarkably private man; few know the full story of his life. Drawing on unprecedented access to Cronkite's private papers as well as interviews with his family and friends, Douglas Brinkley now brings this American icon into focus as never before. (MDGentleReader)… (more)

"Eric Jay Dolin’s When America first met China is a smart, riveting history of what has become the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Dolin, a master synthesizer, analyzes the opium trade, ecology, seafaring, and the perfume market in this handsomely rendered book. His insights are durable and profound. An all-around outstanding work of maritime history." Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite

"Fresh, gripping, pelagically capacious, Dolin's book recounts in a magic-lantern fashion the opening of the America-China trade, a dramatic rendezvous of two nations on diametrically opposing paths of destiny: while the tea from Canton gave birth to a new, bold republic, the opium from Boston sounded the death knell for an ancient, declining kingdom. When America first met China is at once a tantalizing high-sea yarn of fast-running clippers and murderous pirates and a profound meditation on an international relationship, first broached by feather-capped Yankee Doodles and queue-flaunting Hong Merchants, that still absorbs our attention today." Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan

Eric Jay Dolin is the author of the bestselling Leviathan: The History of Whaling In America, which was chosen as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and The Providence Journal. Leviathan also won the 2007 John Lyman Award for U. S. Maritime History, and the 23rd Annual L. Byrne Waterman Award, given by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, for outstanding contributions to whaling research and history. His last book, Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America, was chosen by New West, The Seattle Times, and the Rocky Mountain Land Library as one of the best nonfiction books of 2010, and it also won the 2011 James P. Hanlan Book Award, given by the New England Historical Association. A graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, where he received his Ph.D. in environmental policy, he lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.

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Professor of history at Rice University and New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brinkley will be at Warwick's on Friday, July 27th at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his newest book Cronkite. Reserved seating is available, please contact the Warwick's book dept. at (858) 454-0347 for more information.

For decades, Walter Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America." Millions across the nation welcomed him into their homes, first as a print reporter for the United Press on the front lines of World War II, and later, in the emerging medium of television, as a host of numerous documentary programs and as anchor of the CBS Evening News, from 1962 until his retirement in 1981. Yet this very public figure, undoubtedly the twentieth century's most revered journalist, was a remarkably private man; few know the full story of his life. Drawing on unprecedented access to Cronkite's private papers as well as interviews with his family and friends, Douglas Brinkley now brings this American icon into focus as never before.

Brinkley traces Cronkite's story from his roots in Missouri and Texas through the Great Depression, during which he began his career, to World War II, when he gained notice reporting with Allied troops from North Africa, D-day, and the Battle of the Bulge. In 1950, Edward R. Murrow recruited him to work for CBS, where he covered presidential elections, the space program, Vietnam, and the first televised broadcasts of the Olympic Games, as both a reporter and later as an anchor for the evening news. Cronkite was also witness to--and the nation's voice for--many of the most profound moments in modern American history, including the Kennedy assassination, Apollos 11 and 13, Watergate, the Vietnam War, and the Iran hostage crisis.

Epic, intimate, and masterfully written, Cronkite is the much-anticipated biography of an extraordinary American life, told by one of our most brilliant and respected historians.

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Award-Winning Author Douglas Brinkley Reading and Signing Cronkite. The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public. Wristbands are required to join the signing line at this event and are available only with the purchase of a copy of Cronkite from BookPeople. We will begin distributing wristbands for the signing at 5pm on the day of the event.

Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite. An acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait. He also interviewed nearly two hundred of Cronkite’s closest friends and colleagues, including Andy Rooney, Leslie Stahl, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Brian Williams, Les Moonves, Christiane Amanpour, Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer, Ted Turner, Jimmy Buffett, and Morley Safer, using their voices to instill dignity and humanity in this study of one of America’s most beloved and trusted public figures.

Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him "America's new past master." Six of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His most recent book, The Great Deluge, won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He currently lives in Texas.

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Venue: Maryville University Auditorium | Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite. An acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait. He has also interviewed nearly 200 of Cronkite's closest friends and colleagues, including Andy Rooney, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer, Jimmy Buffett, and many more.

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For many, the voice of CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite is inseparable from momentous historical events including the assassination of JFK, the Vietnam War, and the early Apollo missions. Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge, Wilderness Warrior, and other works of history and biography, has thoroughly explored the Cronkite Archive and interviewed hundreds of the newsman’s colleagues and friends for this multi-faceted portrait.

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“If history at its best is about telling stories that bring the past to life, then Chris Matthews is a master storyteller, for this fascinating portrait brings Jack Kennedy more vividly to life than any recent work.” Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of TEAM OF RIVALS

“Chris Matthews has written an insightful, engrossing, and candid account about what made John F. Kennedy tick. Every chapter brims with colorful anecdotes, political yarns, fast-faced drama, and solid research. Jack Kennedy is a riveting read by one of America’s master political analysts. I give it ten gold stars!” Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge

Chris Matthews is the host of MSNBC’s Hardball and NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show. His bestselling books include Hardball, Kennedy & Nixon, Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, and American: Beyond our Grandest Notions.

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Dramatic and entertaining...A grand book...Compelling and impressively well researched...By far the best and most detailed story of the Roosevelt administration’s fight for conservation.” Kathleen Dalton, The Boston Globe

“The quiet world brims over with information and insight, passion and insistence...In fact, it’s a bit like Alaska itself: large formidable, raw, and ultimately unforgettable.” Dennis Drabelle, The Washington Post

Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Seven of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.

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Douglas Brinkley , The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.

Reading and signing Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
With our appreciation (and fear for) California’s State Park’s at the forefront of our minds, this look back into Theodore Roosevelt’s life as our ‘naturalist president’ feels timely in a way where we can only hope that history’s impact has a strong hold for what is in store for the future. In this groundbreaking epic biography, Douglas Brinkley draws on never-before-published materials to examine the life and achievements of our "naturalist president." By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor.
Tracing the role that nature played in Roosevelt 's storied career, Brinkley brilliantly analyzes the influence that the works of John James Audubon and Charles Darwin had on the young man who would become our twenty-sixth president. With descriptive flair, the author illuminates Roosevelt's bird watching in the Adirondacks, wildlife obsession in Yellowstone, hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, ranching in the Dakota Territory, hunting in the Big Horn Mountains , and outdoor romps through Idaho and Wyoming . He also profiles Roosevelt 's incredible circle of naturalist friends, from Catskills poet John Burroughs, to Sierra Club founder John Muir, among many others. He brings to life hilarious anecdotes of wild-pig hunting in Texas and badger saving in Kansas , wolf catching in Oklahoma and grouse flushing in Iowa . Even the story of the teddy bear gets its definitive treatment.
Destined to become a classic, this extraordinary and timeless biography offers a penetrating and colorful look at Roosevelt 's naturalist achievements, a legacy now more important than ever. Raising a Paul Revere-like alarm about American wildlife in peril--including buffalo, manatees, antelope, egrets, and elk--Roosevelt saved entire species from probable extinction. As we face the problems of global warming, overpopulation, and sustainable land management, and in California especially, economic hardship that threaten to downsize or simply close down America ’s parks and remaining wild lands, this past leader's stout resolution to protect our environment is an inspiration and a contemporary call to arms for us all. Please join us to welcome New York Times "bestselling historian” David Brinkley for a book discussion, Q&A and signing. (booksense)… (more)