Watching Walter Cronkite Reflections on Growing Up in the 1950S and 1960S

In Watching Walter Cronkite, Austin Ken Kutscher reflects on how our lives were shaped by the events of the 1950s and 1960s so younger generations of Americans can understand some of the major factors shaping our lives today, including the origins of our current relationships with China and Russia, the Iraq War, global warming, and the space program. Written essentially as a loving fatherÆs ôletter to his daughter,ö Watching Walter Cronkitebegan when the author realized his teenage daughter was part of a generation oblivious to issues that have consumed baby boomers. The result is a fast-paced, fact-filled ôprimerö of world-shaping events centred on the 1960s, presented through the lens of Dr. KutscherÆs personal experiences as a college student, a cardiologist, the mayor of Flemington, New Jersey, and an avid baseball fan who was electrified by the spirit of the ômiracle Metsö streaking through to win the 1969 World Series. By chronicling our lives against the backdrop of an earlier time, Dr. Kutscher hopes we can find peace and redemption in the turbulent times through which weÆre now living. Watching Walter Cronkiteis sure to resonate deeply with older generations of Americans, as they recall the dizzying array of events that unfolded nightly on their TV screens, events that fundamentally transformed their lives, including the assassination of President Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, the counterculture, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the Woodstock Festival.