New Bio Examines Newsman Walter Cronkite As 'Most Trusted Man in America'

[Frank W. Baker]

 Walter Cronkite's power was considerable and he used it for good. He flourished in the bargain and lived a heck of a life. None of that will come as news to the world he so reliably informed, but it is carefully and colorfully laid out in "Cronkite" (Harper), the just-released biography by Douglas Brinkley. In the current issue of American Heritage magazine, Brinkley writes about Cronkite's Vietnam War reporting.