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A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Thing
Viking
April 2013
On Sale: March 26, 2013
256 pages ISBN: 0670026050 EAN: 9780670026050 Kindle: B008EKOOT6 Hardcover / e-Book
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The host of the NBC Today Showβs popular segment shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country
For the six million people who watch the Emmy Awardβwinning βAmerican Story with Bob Dotsonβ on NBCβs Today Show, Bob Dotsonβs reports celebrate the inspirational stories of everyday Americans. Dotson has been crisscrossing the country for more than forty yearsβlogging more than four million milesβin search of people who have quietly but profoundly changed our lives and our country for the better. Now, in American Story, he presents a road map to the unsung heroes with thoughtful solutions to problems we all face, incredible ideas that work, and blueprints to living our dreams.
*The boss who came out of retirement to start a new company for his former employees who could not find work *The truck driver who taught microsurgery *The man youβve never heard of who has 465 profitable patents, second only to Thomas Edison *The doctor who developed the vaccine to prevent whooping cough, who didnβt retire until age 104
In the tradition of Tom Brokawβs New York Times bestseller The Time of Our Lives, American Story is a deeply moving and endlessly fascinating alternative narrative for everyone who yearns to feel good about America.
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