Author Description

This nonfiction series is comprised of readable and informative titles on any aspect of the founding, development, and expansion of our country; as well as the events and the people who shaped it. It includes memoirs, military history, political controversy and environmental exposes, in short -- America's collective history.A generation of television viewers grew up watching Garrick Utley as he trekked to the far reaches of the earth for NBC News. But what is life as a foreign correspondent really like? In this wise and witty memoir, Utley reveals what goes on behind the camera. Far more than a personal memoir, this is a sweeping history of network news. Utley reflects, in particular, on how the correspondent's role has shifted as centralized control, advanced technology, infotainment, and profit margin have altered the way television networks operate and television news is reported.