Charles Kuralt
Kuralt mixes together curious observations with a little of historical information in writing his book which manages to make it more than an account of a physical journey, and that, is the essence of good travel writing. The aspect that makes Kuralt’s an excellent travel writer is that there is always a story to tell or a person to discuss an aspect with about the certain place or point he is explaining. Successful travel writing reveals a strong sense of the author’s personality, experiences and knowledge. Kuralt in his book “Charles Kuralt’s America”, he delivered information with calm authority, sense of humor and with a solid view point that made his writing strong and influential. In his book, the author portrayed himself as an interesting, entertaining, informative travel companion that makes the reader feel like as he is really traveling with him especially with the author’s significant ability to make the reader sense the place, region and the inhabitants being described. Kuralt’s America is the perfect country, the country in which he grew up in, love and enjoy living in. For him it is the whole world. All what he dreams of is found in it and he showed that by his experiences
Booth Bay Harbor, Maine (August), Kuralt was captivated by the independent spirit and friendliness of the people, as well as by the area's many contrasts. There are attractive streets and shops, band concerts and harbors full of life filled with lobster boats, fishing trawlers, and all kinds of boats wherever you go in Maine as he expressed. The people are known there for their hard work especially in building boats. He spent his time there sailing and fishing enjoying the sea life. June, known in Alaska as the driest month, was more than rainy to Charles. He spent his month there observing the sea with all the tides and sea-life and also the dazzling rain forests, mountain lakes, waterfalls and glaciers. In his trip there, he went whale watching where he was to take few pictures of biggest creatures ever lived, the blue whales, but he was so stunned with the scene that he did not take one picture. The people there are mostly natives whom he did not understand but, as he described, very nice and kind people who spent their time fishing and admiring nature and all its gifts. His last stop before ending his trip was New York in the month of December where he planned to spend Christmas. He explained that the city is not what everybody thinks it is, a crazy city with the friendly word deleted from its people’s dictionary, but it is a place divided into neighborhoods where instead of being surrounded by valleys it is surrounded by other neighborhoods where everyone knows and is friends with everybody. He worked all his life there and all his friends are the people he knows live. Clear blue skies, clear blue water and unspoiled natural beauty as far as the eye can see with its museums, restaurants wildlife and wilderness and array of attractions, Ely was nest on Kuralt’s list.
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