MacNeil, retired co-anchor of PBS' Newshour, views history through the lens of his Canadian upbringing and career as a journalist who became a US citizen. The book begins with his letter to President Roosevelt in 1942, and concludes with how responses to the 9/11/01 attacks made him feel like a true American. Some material derives from his out-of-print memoir, The Right Place at the Right Time. Harvest is the trade book imprint for Harcourt. First published in 2003 by Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
