Good Day! : The Paul Harvey Story

by Batura, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781596981010
• ISBN10: 1596981016
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-19
• Publisher: Regnery Pub

Summary

Whenever our country has faced adversity, Americans have turned to an upbeat voice to remind them that the future is not as bad as it seems. For 60 years, that voice of optimism was Paul Harvey's. In Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story, author Paul J. Batura follows the remarkable life of one of the founding fathers of the news media. Paul Harvey started his career during the Great Depression and narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, the threat of communism and the crumbling of old colonial powers, consumer booms and eventual busts. Whether he was covering racial tensions, terrorist attacks, or which vitamins to take, Paul Harvey articulated the American experience for average people making their way in a world too large for quick comprehension. Harvey brought them that world "in dime store words," with a deep sense of optimism, faith, and patriotism. So what would Paul Harvey say today to calm Americans during these tough times?: In times like these, it's important to remember there have always been times like these. The only people who get hurt on a roller coaster are the ones who jump off. Like Mark Twain reportedly said about the music of Richard Wagner, "It's not nearly as bad as it sounds." Be careful... when a government is mocked by its own citizens, that laughter is often the death rattle with which empires die. It's okay to be worried -- that means there is still hope! Let's just worry about the right and important things. In the history of the world, God often chooses the simple ones to confound the wise. Featuring a foreword by Mike Huckabee, Good Day! is the only biography of its kind; Good Day! is Harvey's story, the rest of the story, as he would tell it himself.

Author Biography

PAUL J. BATURA is vice president of Communications for Focus on the Family. In his role, Batura is responsible for media and public relations, internal communications and community relations to the ministry's Colorado Springs neighbors. He has authored five books, including The Good Dad, Good Day! The Paul Harvey Story , and Mentored by the King: Arnold Palmer’s Success Lessons For Golf, Business and Life . Batura is a runner having completed 73 marathons. He and wife, Julie, have been married for 14 years and have three sons whom they had the privilege of adopting: Riley (10), Will (5) and Alex (3). Paul is an elder on Session at the First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs, CO.