My Father's American Century
مايو 2027 · Steerforth
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles his father’s remarkable life spanning encounters with figures like Buffalo Bill Cody to Cold War intelligence operations in this deeply moving father-son memoir.
“An eloquent, loving biography… a piece of Americana that evokes Mark Twain.” —Kai Bird, co-author of American Scoundrel
Joshua Bryant Powers—"Bryant" to all who knew him—was born in Kentucky in 1892, and was still reading the New York Times with a magnifying glass as the Cold War came to an end in 1989. In this gripping, expansive memoir, his youngest child Thomas—a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and celebrated and bestselling author—charts the extraordinary journey of his father’s life through The American Century to explore how Bryant’s steadfast belief in the American spirit of freedom and possibility forged him into the man he was.
Powers recounts his father’s many astonishing adventures, from going down the Mississippi River with his 10-year-old brother rowing a skiff of their own making in his teens, to Bryant’s later work helping the CIA counter Russian influence during the Cold War. While never a public figure himself, Bryant interacted often with individuals directly involved in undertakings of historical importance—including cultural icons like Buffalo Bill Cody and Cold Warriors such as Hans Tofte and David Atlee Philips.
Blending deeply researched history with transportive storytelling, Powers crafts the story of a son’s attempt to understand his father’s becoming. What emerges is a powerful meditation on how a love, loyalty and admiration between father and son can transcend differences.
“An eloquent, loving biography… a piece of Americana that evokes Mark Twain.” —Kai Bird, co-author of American Scoundrel
Joshua Bryant Powers—"Bryant" to all who knew him—was born in Kentucky in 1892, and was still reading the New York Times with a magnifying glass as the Cold War came to an end in 1989. In this gripping, expansive memoir, his youngest child Thomas—a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and celebrated and bestselling author—charts the extraordinary journey of his father’s life through The American Century to explore how Bryant’s steadfast belief in the American spirit of freedom and possibility forged him into the man he was.
Powers recounts his father’s many astonishing adventures, from going down the Mississippi River with his 10-year-old brother rowing a skiff of their own making in his teens, to Bryant’s later work helping the CIA counter Russian influence during the Cold War. While never a public figure himself, Bryant interacted often with individuals directly involved in undertakings of historical importance—including cultural icons like Buffalo Bill Cody and Cold Warriors such as Hans Tofte and David Atlee Philips.
Blending deeply researched history with transportive storytelling, Powers crafts the story of a son’s attempt to understand his father’s becoming. What emerges is a powerful meditation on how a love, loyalty and admiration between father and son can transcend differences.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles his father’s remarkable life spanning encounters with figures like Buffalo Bill Cody to Cold War intelligence operations in this deeply moving father-son memoir.
“An eloquent, loving biography… a piece of Americana that evokes Mark Twain.” —Kai Bird...
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Thomas Powers is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and writer best known for his books on the history of intelligence organizations. Among them are Intelligence Wars; Heisenberg’s War, and The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA. His book The Killing of Crazy Horse won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for history; the Western Writers of America Spur Award for historical nonfiction; and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the biography category.
Thomas Powers is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and writer best known for his books on the history of intelligence organizations. Among them are Intelligence Wars; Heisenberg’s War, and The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA. His book The Killing of Crazy Horse won the Los A...
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