About the Author
Tom Brokaw is the author of five bestsellers:
The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, An Album of Memories, A Long Way From Home, and
Boom! A native of South Dakota, he graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He joined NBC News in 1966, serving as the White House correspondent during Watergate and anchoring
Today on NBC from 1976 to 1981. He was the sole anchor and managing editor of
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw from 1983 to 2005. He continues to report for NBC News, producing award-winning long-form documentaries and providing expertise during breaking news events. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody, and several Emmys. He is a regular contributor to the op-ed pages of
The New York Times, The Washington Post, and
The Wall Street Journal, and to
Time, Newsweek, and
Men’s Journal. He lives in New York and Montana.
From the Hardcover edition.