Douglas Brinkley 's new book is a full biography of Walter Cronkite . `` And then Cronkite slowed down his cadence , did n't rush his points . The author says he was inspired to write the book after reading an interview with his father in which he said that when he first met him, he told him, " I want you to be my Americans experienced tumultuous developments of 1960s , '70s through Cronkite . Brinkley : Cronkite had a gift for being comfortable on air and at the center of events .
Douglas Brinkley 's new book is a full biography of Walter Cronkite . The author says he was inspired to write the book after reading an interview with his father in which he said that when he first met him, he told him, " I want you to be my Americans experienced tumultuous developments of 1960s , '70s through Cronkite . Brinkley : Cronkite had a gift for being comfortable on air and at the center of events .