Charles R. Eisendrath

Broschiertes Buch

Downstream from Here

A Foreign Correspondent Discovers Home

Beschreibung

After plum assignments in Washington, London, Paris,and Buenos Aires, TIME magazine correspondent Charles Eisendrath gave up the glamor. It wasn't that he'd gotten it wrong- the career, the stories-it was the realization that getting it right in terrorism zones could lead to something worse than just wrong for his family. Eisendrath took a leave of absence (just a delaying tactic), packed up the household and set off to find out what else he might do. His new base would be a 146-acre farm in Northern Michigan. Journalists, he says, spend their time looking out windows, but the farm encouraged introspection. No, more than introspection-the farm led him deep into agriculture, engineering, fishing, hunting, and supporting journalism by raising $60 million to endow fellowships at the University of Michigan. In this memoir of a big life in a small place, Eisendrath's bright eye and curious mind flashes on maple syruping, replanting a forest after tornadoes, an octopus in the basement, the personalities of brook trout, inventing the perfect grill, a plane crash in the jungle, and his many friends, family, and neighbors. Ken Auletta of The New Yorker calls it, "An amazing, beautifully written memoir." Actor Jeff Daniels says, "Prepare to be inspired."

Autor

Charles R. Eisendrath dropped out of law school to become a journalist. He served as a TIME correspondent in Washington, London, and Paris, bureau chief in Buenos Aires, and professor at the University of Michigan. His freelance work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald-Tribune, and The Atlantic. At the University of Michigan, Eisendrath founded Wallace House Center for Journalists. It includes the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships, one of the nation's leading mid-career professional programs, and the Livingston Awards, widely known as "the Pulitzer Prize for the young." Director of the program from 1986-2016, he raised a $60 million endowment to permanently support the fellowships and was founding director of the awards. In the culinary world, Eisendrath is known for founding Grillworks, Inc. and his patented device that helped reintroduce Americans to cooking over wood. The company is now owned by his eldest son, Ben. His son Mark, two years younger, is an artist. Eisendrath and his wife, Julia, live in Ann Arbor and East Jordan, Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mission Point Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781965278161
• ISBN-10: 1965278167
• Artikelnr.: 72130716