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Author Brokaw, Tom, author.

Title Never give up : a prairie family's story / Tom Brokaw.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2023]
©2023

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 BROKAW    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  92 BIOGRAPHY BROKAW    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - New Materials  B BROKAW FAMILY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - New Materials  B BROKAW FAMILY    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - New Books  B BROKAW    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult New Materials  BIO BROKAW FAMILY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  978.3092 BROKAW    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Materials  BIOGRAPHY BROKAW, TOM    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B BROKAW T.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  B BROKAW TOM    DUE 04-22-24

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 136 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Summary "Tom Brokaw is known as one of the hardest-working, most successful people in broadcast journalism. His success is attributed to his work ethic, his instinct for identifying the significance of the news in the lives of ordinary people, and his reputation for always showing up for others. In this heartfelt family story, Tom shows the values and lessons he absorbed from his ancestors, parents, and others who settled in South Dakota and worked hard to build lives on the prairie during the first half of the twentieth century. At the center of this story is Red Brokaw, Tom's father, who left school in the third grade. At the end of his life, Red surprised his family by recording his memories about the Brokaw ancestors who obtained land in South Dakota under the Lend-Lease plan and started a hotel called the Brokaw House. As a boy Red worked there, and then on construction jobs, developing a talent for machines. At a high school play, he fell in love with the girl playing the lead, Jean, whose father had lost the family farm during the Depression. They married, and struggled financially. Their son Tom was born in 1940, and two other sons followed. Red had a philosophy: Never give up. Never complain. After the war, Red got his big break. The Army Corps of Engineers began to build great projects, including dams across the Missouri River, magnificent structures like the Fort Randall and the Gavins Point dams. Red rose to become a Foreman on the dam project, and the Brokaws moved to towns created to house workers, where the family became part of a vibrant community life"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Bristol, South Dakota -- Anthony Orville Brokaw : "Red" -- The Brokaw House -- Oscar and Red -- Winter journeys and hard days -- A pair of Sorrels -- A perfect match : man and machine -- The Conleys -- Courtship, the Depression, and World War II -- The Black Hills Ordance Depot -- Building the Fort Randall Dam -- Yankton and Meredith -- Atlanta and NBC -- Saddle up for the trip ahead.
Subject Brokaw, Red, 1912-1982.
Brokaw, Tom -- Family.
Broucard family.
South Dakota -- History.
South Dakota -- Biography.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Brokaw, Tom. (OCoLC)fst00056104
Broucard family. (OCoLC)fst00359042
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
South Dakota. (OCoLC)fst01204322
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Brokaw, Tom. Never give up First edition. New York : Random House, [2023] 9780593596388 (DLC) 2022028985
ISBN 9780593596371 (hardcover)
0593596374 (hardcover)
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