Around America: A Tour of Our Magnificent Coastline

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Summary: Sailing with Uncle Walter
Review: I've long respected Walter Cronkite, loved history and geography, and been remarkably queasy about being out on a boat. Despite my fear of sailing, I truly enjoyed this book. Cronkite is, no surprise, a wonderful storyteller. As he meanders the upper and lower stretches of the Atlantic Seaboard, followed, more cursorily, by the Gulf and Pacific coasts, he tells stories about the history and geography of our coasts. In many ways, despite our vast interior stretches, America is an ocean country and Cronkite revels in sharing his insights and loves. Particularly poignant now, though unintentionally, are his discourses about Manhattan and the general New York City area. Although he but mentions the World Trade Center in passing, one can only imagine the changed skyline from a small boat and what Mr. Cronkite might say about that. All in all, a delightful tour of our magnificent coastline. And if you actualy enjoy sailing, this would have to be a perfect book!

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Summary: We were thrilled when Cronkite came to visit Block Island.
Review: Living on Martha's Vineyard, he's our neighbor. And what a treat. "The Most Trusted Man in America," and an intrepid sailor, came to Block Island to autograph this spellbinding book. In it, he calls Block Island "a delightfully wild place of steep hills and flower-covered moors dotted with the homes of summer residents. It rises in the south to drop suddenly into the Atlantic, the two-hundred-foot-high bluffs reminding the approaching sailor of the cliffs of Dover." And all the other places and people he encounters along the USA's coastline make this book a MUST-read for sailors and armchair sailors...and certainly anyone who loves Block Island.

Rating:
Summary: We were thrilled when Cronkite came to visit Block Island.
Review: Living on Martha's Vineyard, he's our neighbor. And what a treat. "The Most Trusted Man in America," and an intrepid sailor, came to Block Island to autograph this spellbinding book. In it, he calls Block Island "a delightfully wild place of steep hills and flower-covered moors dotted with the homes of summer residents. It rises in the south to drop suddenly into the Atlantic, the two-hundred-foot-high bluffs reminding the approaching sailor of the cliffs of Dover." And all the other places and people he encounters along the USA's coastline make this book a MUST-read for sailors and armchair sailors...and certainly anyone who loves Block Island.