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Paul Harvey was a true pioneer and the greatest ambassador and perhaps performer in the history of radio.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
Nationally syndicated radio host and political commentator
Paul Harvey was not one of the great American broadcasters; he was the gold standard of American broadcasters. He has no equals or peers he stands alone as a classic icon. His patriotism, faith, and bedrock values were a source of stability and consistency in an otherwise unstable and chaotic time. His golden voice reassured us, entertained us, encouraged us, and challenged us. If God were to assume a human voice, I believe it would sound a lot like Paul Harveys.
MIKE HUCKABEE
Former Arkansas governor and current host of Huckabee on Fox News and his radio commentary The Huckabee Report
Im like practically every broadcaster in America: an entire career spent emulating, respecting, and admiring the iconic Paul Harvey. Radio and the country have been enriched by the wit, wisdom, patriotism, charm, and impact of this most amazing man.
MIKE GALLAGHER
Radio host of The Mike Gallagher Show
The life of Paul Harvey was one of unfailing graciousness. He was the very model of an old-school gentleman, quick with a compliment or inquiry about ones family or work. Paul endeared himself to me with what I believe was a sincere reaction to people: he was always grateful, yet somewhat puzzled, that there were so many who were anxious to meet him.
JIM BOHANNON
Host of The Jim Bohannon Show
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Paul Harveys America: The Life, Art, and Faith of a Man Who Transformed Radio and Inspired a Nation
Copyright 2009 by Stephen Mansfield and David A. Holland. All rights reserved.
Cover photo of Paul Harvey copyright by ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
Back cover photo of radio copyright by Thomas Vogel/iStockphoto. All rights reserved.
Author photo of David A. Holland copyright 2009 by James Jurczewsky. All rights reserved.
Author photo of Stephen Mansfield copyright 2008 by Ben Pearson. All rights reserved.
Designed by Dan Farrell
Published in association with the literary agency of Esther Fedorkevich, Fedd and Company Inc., 9759 Concord Pass, Brentwood, TN 37027.
Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, King James Version.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mansfield, Stephen, date.
Paul Harveys America : the life, art, and faith of a man who transformed radio and inspired a nation / by Stephen Mansfield and David A. Holland.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4143-3450-9 (hc)
1. Harvey, Paul, 1918-2009. 2. Radio broadcasters United States Biography.
I. Holland, David A. II. Title.
PN1991.4.H34M36 2009
791.4402'8092 dc22
[B] 2009017624
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To our fathers,
LEE MANSFIELD & JOHN HOLLAND
I discovered in the 1970s that love for radio that an older generation of Americans had long before found. I lived in Berlin, Germany, in those years, the son of an army officer during the Cold War. Satellite TV had yet to evolve into what we know now, so while my friends back home in the States were basking in the joys of cable TV, I was often to be found pressed against a radio to hear Casey Kasem count down the hits on Armed Forces Radio. This is when I discovered Paul Harvey. His voice became America for me, as fun as old men telling jokes on a small-town square and filled with the wisdom of ages gone by. And he did something I thought no one could do: he made me love the past. His The Rest of the Story helped me see beyond the numbing dates and dead people of history class to the dramatic nobility of generations before. In time, history became my passion too, and I live in the knowledge that it was Paul Harvey who first stirred this love. How very grateful I am.
David Holland has been a valiant partner in this project. His wisdom and gentle strength have been gifts to us all while we worked, and they remind me that he has earned the nickname Yoda for good reason. Beverly Darnall Mansfield is my partner in life as well as in literature, and her wisdom graces both these pages and my days. And Esther Fedorkevich, agent and friend, has tended our partnership with Tyndale House Publishers, assuring that this book would be as much a delight to write as we hope it will be to read. My gratitude to each of these.
Stephen Mansfield
I am profoundly grateful to Stephen Mansfield for extending the opportunity to join him in telling the story of this extraordinary American. My thanks also goes to Beverly Darnall Mansfield for her support and her sensitivity to making this story accessible to the widest possible audience. Also to Jon Simpson for holding down the fort back at the offices of Cobalt Bridge Multichannel. And to my bride, Tracy, for her amazing encouragement and support.
David A. Holland
Both of us, Stephen and David, wish to express our deepest gratitude to Chartwell Literary Group (http://www.chartwellliterary.com). Their skill and professionalism have made this book a joy to write.
IF YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LIFE has been anything like mine, you probably remember driving in your car or sitting in your home and hearing these words come over your radio: Hello, Americans. This is Paul Harvey. Stand by for news! Like me, you very likely leaned in, turned up the volume, and got ready for the trademark Paul Harvey experience.
What would follow was always entertaining. Pauls signature voice would carry you on a tour of that days America, a tour that ranged from the critical newspaper headlines to Aunt Sissys candy shop in Topeka, from the doings of presidents to the funny thing that happened to Farmer Jensen when he went to his barn early one morning. This was what made Paul Harvey one of the great broadcasters of our time: his ability to bring both the grand and the commonplace of American life to his listeners.
Yet Paul did more than simply report on America. He also loved America, and he made certain we knew this in every broadcast, every voice inflection, and every lesson that he taught us through all those years.
Paul Harvey understood that America is unique in human history, a nation founded in a vision of freedom that was new in the world at the time. He was right when he located the greatness of America in the character of her people, in their industry, and in the goodness of their hopes. He knew that it was sacrifice and hard work that had made America strong. And he knew something else too. He knew what Alexis de Tocqueville had come to understand: that if you search for the meaning of America, you must look not so much in her halls of government as in the pews of her churches.
Paul Harvey wanted us never to forget what it cost our forefathers to give us this great nation. And so in every broadcast, particularly in his famous The Rest of the Story series, he taught us what we often did not know of our valiant Founding Fathers and of the stalwart souls who have gone before us. He gave us broad shoulders to stand upon if we were willing, and he showed us the patriots way.
This was the way Paul Harvey had chosen. It was why he spoke out against communist usurpers in the 1950s, against the excesses of the 1960s, and against the hedonism of the 1970s and 1980s. It was also why he even got himself arrested for climbing the fence of a secret test facility to demonstrate that security there was not what it was supposed to be. He was willing to put his feet where his words were, whatever the opposition, whatever the price.
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