Eric Sevareid
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Eric gained the respect of people all over the world with his wisdom, tenacity, and courage to provide the truth as he saw it.
As a teenager canoed with companion Walter Port 2,250 miles from the Twin Cities to Hudson's Bay along the Minnesota and Red Rivers. Wrote the book Canoeing with the Cree and later became newspaper / TV correspondent and commentator on the CBS Evening News.
Great national journalist, war correspondent, and commentator. Sevareid also, with his companion, was the first man to travel from Minneapolis to Hudson's Bay by canoe!
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