American story
Subtitle: a lifetime search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things
By: Bob Dotson
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, New York U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780670026050
Subjects: Social life and customs; American National characteristics; Biography; Anecdotes
Description: The host of the NBC "Today Show" shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country.
Table of contents: title: chapter one. Out beyond the limits of settled lives; title: chapter two. See what we all see, but think what no one else has thought; title: chapter three. Fanfare for the common good; title: chapter four. Thinking more of others than they do themselves; title: chapter five. Stories hiding in history's shadow; title: chapter six. What if?; title: chapter seven. America works best with a level playing field; title: chapter eight. They never let a handicap, handicap them; title: chapter nine. Where a game is still a game and not a bottom line; title: chapter ten. Homesick for places we've never been; title: chapter eleven. Fame is a vapor; title: chapter twelve. Playing a bad hand well over and over again.