Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)
Autor(a) de Alistair Cooke's America
About the Author
Alistair Cooke is a journalist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Manchester, England on November 20, 1908. He obtained his education at Cambridge, Yale, and Harvard. His career is based on his observations of American life and culture. Cooke worked as a correspondent for NBC and as a special mostrar mais correspondent for the London Times and the Guardian. He is perhaps most famous for his BBC weekly broadcast, "Letter From America," which has been successful for over fifty years because of its sophisticated wit. Cooke became well-known in the United States as host for Omnibus for nine years and later as host of the Masterpiece Theatre. He has also written numerous books including the bestsellers Alistair Cooke's America, Six Men, and Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke. In 1973, Cooke was made an honorary Knight of the British Empire. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Marion S. Trikosko (1974)
Séries
Obras por Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke's American Journey: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War (2006) — Autor — 103 exemplares
General Eisenhower on the military Churchill: a conversation with Alistair Cooke (1970) 23 exemplares
The Alistair Cooke Collection Volume One: Letters from America, Talk About America, and The Americans (2018) 5 exemplares
Christmas Eve 4 exemplares
Letters from America: The Americans, Letters from America and Talk About America (1981) 3 exemplares
Alistair Cooke's Edwardian essays : from the Masterpiece Theatre presentation of "Upstairs, Downstairs" 3 exemplares
A Commencement Address 2 exemplares
Omnibus: King Lear 2 exemplares
Getting To Know You: The Fulbright Address 1986 2 exemplares
Letters from America, 1946–1951 1 exemplar
Christmas Eve 1 exemplar
All at Sea 1 exemplar
Alistair Cooke's American Journey 1 exemplar
Talk About America, 1951–1968 1 exemplar
Reporting America 1 exemplar
Rare SIGNED ~ The Patient Has the Floor by Alistair Cooke (1986) The Franklin Library (1777) 1 exemplar
Six Friends 1 exemplar
Masterpiece Theatre's Family Collection 1 exemplar
The Vintage Menchken 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Above Washington: A Collection of Nostalgic and Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the District of Columbia (1979) — Introdução, algumas edições — 170 exemplares
Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Nostalgic and Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the Bay Area (1975) — Prefácio — 129 exemplares
The World of George Price: A 55 Year Retrospective (1988) — Introdução, algumas edições — 36 exemplares
Edwardian London (1995) — Introdução, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições — 35 exemplares
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
The Bedside 'Guardian' 15: A Selection from The Guardian 1965-1966 (1966) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Cooke, Alfred (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1908-11-20
- Data de falecimento
- 2004-03-30
- Localização do túmulo
- ashes scattered in Central Park, New York, New York, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
USA (naturalized|1941) - Local de nascimento
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- cancer
- Locais de residência
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, England, UK - Educação
- Jesus College, Cambridge
- Ocupações
- reporter
radio presenter
television presenter - Relações
- Cooke, John Byrne (son)
Quiller-Couch, Arthur (teacher)
Pick, Hella (colleague) - Organizações
- BBC
PBS
Guardian
The Times
CBS
NBC - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander, 1973)
Membros
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EstatÃsticas
- Obras
- 71
- Also by
- 11
- Membros
- 4,002
- Popularidade
- #6,309
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- CrÃticas
- 39
- ISBN
- 186
- LÃnguas
- 7
- Marcado como favorito
- 3