Charles Kuralt’s America

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:12:43 +0000

“Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our premier chroniclers, a man who has helped us to see and celebrate our country in a way we never had before.” “He takes us to Montana in September and Alaska in June, deep into Cajun country in winter and along the North Carolina mountains in spring. He explores Charleston and the Florida Keys, the coast of Maine and the deserts of New Mexico, the boundary waters of northern Minnesota and the back roads of Vermont when the oaks and maples turn to crimson and gold.” “Throughout, his accounts are filled with people, stories, and experiences; suffused by a poet’s love of language; rich in the spirit and flavor of this infinite and varied land. Here is a book of pure reading pleasure – like its author, a national treasure.”–

The Prize of All the Oceans

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:12:39 +0000

In September 1740 Commodore George Anson set sail from Spithead with a six-vessel British warship expedition. His orders were to sail around the world, rout the Spanish fleet, and seize “the great galleon that made the annual voyage from Acapulco to Manila…laden with Peruvian silver, the prize of all the oceans”. Anson did achieve this goal, but at a great price: only one of his squadron, the flagship Centurion, completed its mission. The other vessels were wrecked, scuttled, or forced back in shattered condition. And of the 1900 men with whom Anson set sail, almost 1400 died, most from disease or starvation. But Commodore Anson’s expedition was considered a success, and the true and disastrous facts were covered up. The voyage was Britain’s first to combine a maritime expedition with commercial enterprise, and represented the beginning of the nation’s ambitious designs in the Pacific. Glyn Williams tells a compelling tale of adventure and tragedy, combined with thoughtful analysis and commentary, and gives us a vivid portrait of a commander who hauled ropes alongside his men and tended them when they were ill — but never wavered in his determination to return home triumphant.

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Charles Kuralt’s America

The Prize of All the Oceans