On the Road (Time Cut: 1969 to 2013)

Terry Irving first arrived in Washington DC as a shaggy college freshman protesting the Vietnam War in 1969. Almost 40 years later, he is still in Washington, writing books and working as a freelance journalist.

His career has spanned world events from The Berlin Wall to the Indonesian Tsunami; he has worked everyone from Ted Koppel to Don Imus, and he knows the reality of government corruption and politicians without ethics beyond the headlines.and, as the child of an alcoholic family, he learned to cope with the sadness and depression that often underlies the cheerful facades of journalists, politicians, and celebrities.

"Full Circle" told the beginning of his story -- including the youthful optimism and drug-infused culture of the 60's-- and "On the Road" continues with the adventures found in thousands of miles of hitchhiking across the North American continent -- from a mob-owned club in Las Vegas to a brutal bar along the Yukon River. . In future installments, Irving will tell about life on the top network news shows, field reporting on war and peace, and witnessing the greatest events of our time. He will also reveal the cost--how he had to put himself into a rehab hospital for stress and exhaustion and then the long successful process of rebuilding and rebirth that has followed.

Irving has won multiple awards in every category of TV Journalism--from Emmys to Peabodys to DuPonts--and yet was driven by doubt and depression to take on ever-more dangerous assignments--covering wars, risking arrest, covering the turmoil of half a century--in a futile effort to combat the devils in his soul.

"I was doing some of the best work in television and yet I'd drive home and be thinking, "Oh God. They're going to find out that I'm not that smart. Jeez, I'm going to be fired."

Even though "On The Road" is the second installment in this series, your Kindle eBook will include the entire first installment at no extra price.