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Summary: So Many Life Stories in So Few Pages
Review: This is an excellent book. Even the conservative thinktanks who despise the so-called liberal Dan Rather will have to agree with the often recurring theme that America uniquely provides opportunities for one to not only dare to dream but also to actively pursue those dreams.Rather has presented a nicely condensed volume depicting stories that are summarized in less than 10 pages, but if each had been given full analytical treatment, a good number of them could possibly be 200-page parallels to Behind the Urals. Neat. Concise. Concrete. A reminder that though freedom is almost second-nature or common sense to those of us born in America, it is a virtually ill-conceived notion for those who were not, and many in this latter group, despite obtaining U.S. citizenship, have already suffered economically and psychologically after growing up and living for several years under spartan conditions in other countries whose governments have turned both a deaf ear and a blind eye to them. After reading these testimonies of overcoming hardship or oppression, or both, I, myself, am reminded that the U.S. is a great country and that even though there are so many unresolved issues here, we are at least, by all present-day standards, free to attempt to bring them to the forefront.
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Summary: One of America's Great Journalists
Review: This was a very inspirational book. It brings to life the work of dozens of heroes...people who love America. There is SO MUCH greatness in the country. It is time we concentrate on that instead of dwelling on the negative stories. Don't tell Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh, but Dan Rather will go down in history as one of the great broadcast journalists of all time. He walks the walk and talks the talk. I never understood why some people hate Dan Rather so much. What a great book!! Jeffrey McAndrew
broadcast journalist and author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"
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Summary: One of America's Great Journalists
Review: This was a very inspirational book. It brings to life the work of dozens of heroes...people who love America. There is SO MUCH greatness in the country. It is time we concentrate on that instead of dwelling on the negative stories. Don't tell Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh, but Dan Rather will go down in history as one of the great broadcast journalists of all time. He walks the walk and talks the talk. I never understood why some people hate Dan Rather so much. What a great book!! Jeffrey McAndrew
broadcast journalist and author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"
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Summary: SHARE THE COURAGE, FEEL THE WARMTH!
Review: While I am not an American, I very much enjoy and respect Dan Rather for his intellect, professionalism and communication skills. While this book is titled, "The American Dream," it is everyone's dream, the country, itself, is nothing more than geography. Most of us have a dream, whether it be to learn, grow, overcome great obstacles, fears and challeges, or the pursuit of freedom, peace, happiness and justice, in what is often an "unjust society." Through the pages of Rather's book you will meet people and read the stories of those who have, indeed, gone in search of their dreams. This is an excellent book and while it does conjure up feeling and compassion to a certain degree; it lacks the intense emotion of one other excellent book, "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw. While the "American Dream" is well worth reading, if I had to make a choice between the two books, Brokaw's book would rank ahead of this one.
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