Mike Wallace and Buff Cobb were husband-and-wife hosts of a 1951-52 talk show in which they interviewed both celebrities and everyday people while taking in various sights around New York City.
The CBS correspondent traveled the back roads of America (something he'd been doing since 1967), making sure that 'no musical-saw player or swimming pig goes unremarked on.' In these genial, finely honed essays, Kuralt visited an eclectic mix of people, including three men 'who risked their lives for $11 a day to help build the Golden Gate Bridge.'