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- ↑ Andy Langer, "What's Anchoring Neal? Spelce's Ninth Wave Hangs Ten With Charles Kuralt." Austin Chronicle , April 4, 1997.
- ↑ "Still King of the Road", People , April 7, 1997.
- ↑ Charles Kuralt's American Moments (review), Kirkus Reviews, November 24, 1998.
- ↑ "A Guide to the An American Moment Collection, 1996-1999", Dolph Briscoe Center for American History (accessed 2018/10/11).
