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Author photo. Photo by David Shankbone, 2007 (Wikimedia Commons)

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Tom Brokaw

Author of The Greatest Generation

Includes the names: Tom Brokow, Tom Brokaw, Tom Browkaw, Tom Brockaw

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Tom Brokaw, a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He began his journalism career in Omaha & Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. He's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He is the author of the bestselling books "The Greatest Generation" and "The Greatest Generation Speaks". He lives in New York and Montana. (Publisher Provided) Tom Brokaw, born February 6, 1940, is a television journalist and author best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Brokaw is the author of The Greatest Generation (1998), The Greatest Generation Speaks(1999), An Album of Memories(2001), A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland (2002), Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today (2007), and The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America - Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream (2011). He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Brokaw is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Greatest Generation… (more)
The Greatest Generation 4,464 copies, 38 reviews
One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 (Foreword) 772 copies, 1 review
To Hell and Back (Foreword, some editions) 500 copies, 14 reviews
My War (Foreword) 360 copies, 9 reviews
Galen Rowell: A Retrospective (Foreword) 73 copies, 2 reviews
Blue Dog Man (Foreword) 68 copies, 1 review
In Their Name (Contributor) 61 copies
Life: The '60s (Introduction) 54 copies, 2 reviews
Poorer Richard's America: What Would Ben Say? (Foreword) 48 copies, 1 review
LIFE with Father (Introduction) 42 copies, 1 review
Big Sky Cooking (Foreword) 39 copies
In Praise of Nature (Foreword) 28 copies
9/11: The World Speaks (Preface) 19 copies, 1 review
Best That I Can Be (Introduction) 17 copies
River Reflections: An Anthology (Contributor) 14 copies
The Gang of Eight (Introduction) 10 copies
Tapestry of Life (Foreword) 5 copies
Neil Leifer: Portraits (Introduction) 4 copies
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