This book is a collection of Charles travels through America. The first adventure he writes about it going to New Orleans. This is his first adventure sense leaving CBS. He relaxes, explores the city, and meets many new people. As a journalist, Charles is used to interviewing people. He talks to people to learn about their culture, and their families. While in New Orleans he learns about the African American culture in the South.
After he travels to New Orleans, he goes to KeyWest. He went on boats and again explored the city. While he is there met many new people, and roamed the beautiful beaches to see what they had to offer. Later he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina. Here he went to museums and and learned a lot about the history of America.
He goes on to talk of his travels to North Carolina, Alaska, Minnesota, Maine, Montana, Vermont, New Mexico, and New York City. Charles uses a descriptive diction and goes into details of what he encounters on his journeys. Not only does he talk about the geography of each place, but the people and the culture.
This book captivated some of the best things about America, as well as the things that aren't as great. Reading this book was like traveling across the country with Charles. I had a personal connection to this book, because my Grandmother actually met Charles on one of his adventures. Charles had a special way of connecting with people, which you could tell from his book. Although the book was a little monotonous, I enjoyed this read, it has the power to open a readers mind to the different people and cultures throughout America.
I give this book four out of five fish, because Charles often talked about his love for fishing in the book.
