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This is a leather bound signed first edition of Tom Brokaw's best selling memoir - "A Long Way From Home: Growing Up In The American Heartland" . In this beautiful memoir, Tom Brokaw writes of America and of the American experience. From his parents’ life in theThirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on America in our time. Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped him then and still do today. His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed the instincts of Tom's mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment operator in the Army Corps of Engineers' project building the Ft. Randall dam along the Missouri River. Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began to live out the American Dream: community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures and good educations for their children. "Along the river and in the surrounding hills, I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood," Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage as it unfolded–from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism, and beyond–he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. The book is unread and in great condition, with just few slight scratches of the gold gild (see pictures). Signed by the author on the limitation page, this is copy number 1084 of only 1350 ever printed. It also has the signed and dated certificate of authenticity and the publisher's note card. Easton Press books are the golden standard in the publishing industry, highly collectible and lasting generations. Easton Press Full Genuine Leather Dubbed Spine Accented Wit 22 kt. Real Gold Satin Ribbon Page Marker Distinctive Cover Design Gilded Page Edges To Protect Against Humidity High Quality Acid - Free paper Smyth-Sewn Pages Silk-Moire Endleaves I combine multiple items for savings on shipping charges. I ship worldwide. Please ask about international shipping charges and/or different shipping options.Thank you!
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