America Is A Great Story And There

When I Worked In Los Angeles Covering Hard News, Very Often When Something Important Would Happen I'd Be Off In The Woods Covering Something Unimportant, Which Was More Interesting To Me.

Rivers Run Through Our History And Folklore, And Link Us As A People. They Nourish And Refresh Us And Provide A Home For Dazzling Varieties Of Fish And Wildlife And Trees And Plants Of Every Sort. We Are A Nation Rich In Rivers.

I Had A Little Insight Into Life That Most Kids Probably Didn't Have. My Mother Was A Schoolteacher, And My Father Was A Social Worker. Through His Eyes I Saw The Underside Of Society.

You Know, Most Reporters Can't Go Back To The Towns They Wrote Stories About. I Never Wrote That Kind Of Story.

Thanks To The Interstate Highway System, It Is Now Possible To Travel Across The Country From Coast To Coast Without Seeing Anything.