On the road with Charles Kuralt (Television program.)
Notes:
Compiled by the Travel Channel. Originally broadcast on CBS television as 14 individual episodes. Special features: interview with Isadore Bleckman ; About On the road ; Road updates ; biography of Charles Kuralt. Host, Charles Kuralt.
Contents:
v. 1, episode 1. Hex-sign painter ; Missouri ; High-school plane ; Christmas tree ; Alaskan glacier priest. episode 2. Horse trader ; Singing mailman ; Butterflies ; Sorghum making ; Minnesota. episode 3. North Woods guide ; Tombstones ; Steam calliope ; Huck Finn ; Utah. episode 4. Dakota farmer ; Goose lady ; Oldest park ranger ; Pennsylvania. episode 5. Bell ringers ; Unicycle school ; national anthem ; Mountains. v. 2, episode 6. Cowbells ; The ice meister ; Gas stations ; Secretariat. -- episode 7. Udall ; The school teacher ; Prospector ; Balloons. episode 8. July 4th ; Pioneer grave ; Pipe organs ; Kuralt's roots. episode 9. Photo family ; Skill Olympics ; Fire hydrants ; Free doctors. episode 10. Wisdomkeepers ; The land ; Dessie Odom. v. 3., episode 11. Old men and the sea ; Plank road ; Ellis Island. episode 12. Love train ; Worm grunting ; Elephants ; Heroes of '41. episode 13. History of Norway ; Hot-dog man ; Donkey-cart man ; The eyelid alarm ; Running water. episode 14. Loving County, TX ; Sewer art ; Last lighthouse.
Summary:
Charles Kuralt celebrated everyday Americans for a quarter century. The stories in the 14 episodes featured remain deeply meaningful, touching, and truthful reflections of American life.
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