Souvenirs from an Absurd Life

A Memoir

By: Don Dahler

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Paperback | 25 February 2025

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288 Pages

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One man’s unlikely rise from bartender to national television reporter and the incredible adventures he’s had along the way.

Hockey great Wayne Gretzky famously noted, “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.”

Don Dahler took these words to heart, causing his entire life to change in a remarkable way. Souvenirs from an Absurd Life presents true stories about a relative nobody once struggling to make rent before he decided he would not accept what appeared to be a dim, boring, unfulfilling future. Instead, Dahler charted a new course for himself, somehow landing an award-winning career as a network correspondent and news anchor, covering a vast array of subjects, including wars, the attacks of 9/11, and the biggest stories of the times for FOX, CNBC, ABC, and CBS News. Despite the considerable odds against him, Don Dahler took his shot, and he made it.

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“Souvenirs from an Absurd Life had to be written. It is an immersive quest of a journalist to tell stories from around the world through the people impacted. No one gets to do what Dahler has done. You understand Dahler’s drive to never accept what is after he breaks the nose of a bully as a child. From Iraq, Afghanistan, West Africa, Kazakhstan, Nairobi, Malawi, Uganda, just to name a few. From wars to nature to the human spirit. Dahler’s writing about the famous, the infamous and real people leave you in awe in what he has experienced. Holding the shriveled little hand of Mother Theresa, hearing a 10-year-old Serbian boy describe his mother being shot before his eyes – Dahler crying as he listened. “Oh my god,” while on live as he saw the 2nd plane hit the World Trade Center. Dahler writes, “history is rarely predictable.” His memoir is a must read. An experiential journey you will envy and understand people and the world with a little more clarity.”

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