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Douglas Brinkley

American Author

Born: Dec 14, 1960

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Ever since Willie Nelson brought rednecks into an alliance with hippies back in the psychedelic '70s, Austin has milked its quirky libertarian spirit for a worldwide bonanza of free publicity. Douglas Brinkley

Free Worldwide Back Libertarian Willie Willie Nelson Nelson Spirit Brought Alliance Since Hippies Austin Quirky Psychedelic Publicity Ever

I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon. Douglas Brinkley

Old Moon First Become Ladder Backpack Neil Only Armstrong Commander Years July Human Apollo Descended Eagle

To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio. Douglas Brinkley

In Austin, the eco-capital of Texas, residents tend to favor native plants and wildflowers to the sculpted lawns of the Palm Springs variety. Douglas Brinkley

Plants Favor Variety Tend Springs Texas Austin Native Residents Palm

Animals interest me more than anything else. Douglas Brinkley

Me Animals Else More More Than Anything Than Anything Anything Else Interest

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book. Douglas Brinkley

Together Book Try Old Heroes Made Own Jim Daniel Sew Favorite Would Charles My Own Johnny Write Bowie Make Years Encyclopedia American Them Then Things Biography

I have a lot of books I want to write. Douglas Brinkley

Books Write Lot Want

John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on. Douglas Brinkley

You People Challenge Devil Whatever Think Sides Say John John Kerry He Terms Likes Looks Makes Advocate Issues Gray Kerry

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt. Douglas Brinkley

When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter. Douglas Brinkley

You Dark Matter Bird Evil Country Understanding Settled Our Later Considered Ways Plow Some Something New Ecosystems Bulldoze Forest Interconnectedness Now Species Why Need Needed

John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood. Douglas Brinkley

Bicycle Young Imagination Ghost Hood John Vivid John Kerry Take Had He Robin Robin Hood Around Go His Camp Forest Very Person Did Norway Young Person Mean Actually Kerry

Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize. Douglas Brinkley

Rule Cronkite Never Had Reporters Golden Golden Rule Wartime

Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch. Douglas Brinkley

Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool. Douglas Brinkley

Family Beatles Age Made Physician Uncle Everybody Favorite Cronkite He Reminded Retro Because Trusted Square Being Them Cool

The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris. Douglas Brinkley

Debris Celebrity Showmanship Filled

There were three Selma-to-Montgomery marches in March 1965, and Rosa Parks had missed the first one. Parks, whose act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, moved to Detroit two years later for safety reasons. Douglas Brinkley

Safety Three First Later Montgomery Civil Civil Disobedience Parks Detroit Had Missed First One Boycott Were Years Moved Bus Act Disobedience Rosa Rosa Parks Reasons Whose March Marches Two

The Edmund Pettus Bridge - which in 2013 was declared a National Historic Landmark - isn't symbolic of the Civil War in a meaningful way. It is, however, the modern-day battlefield where the voting rights movement was born. Douglas Brinkley

War Rights Voting National Way Battlefield Rights Movement Civil Born Civil War Voting Rights However Historic Movement Where Which Modern-Day Meaningful Meaningful Way Landmark Bridge Symbolic

Her continuity - you know, if you connect Harriet Tubman, who died in 1913, to Rosa Parks, born in 1913, you get this extraordinary spectrum of the African-American experience. Douglas Brinkley

You Experience Extraordinary Harriet Born Parks Know Continuity Get Died African-American Rosa Rosa Parks Who Connect Her Spectrum

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American. Douglas Brinkley

Election Pure Liberation Reagan American

February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year. Douglas Brinkley

Year Mark Thompson Month Hunter Embraced Super Super Bowl February Cruelest Bowl Always His Fan January Avid

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