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Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)

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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)

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Obras por Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke's America (1973) 1,212 exemplares
Letter from America: 1946-2004 (2004) 520 exemplares
Six Men (1977) 406 exemplares
The Americans (1979) 282 exemplares
The American Home Front: 1941-1942 (2006) 264 exemplares
Above London (1980) 212 exemplares
Memories of the Great and the Good (1999) 150 exemplares
The Patient Has the Floor (1777) 76 exemplares
Talk about America (1968) 73 exemplares
Letters from America, 1946-51 (1951) 67 exemplares
Reporting America (2008) 60 exemplares
Alistair Cooke at the Movies (2009) 23 exemplares
Garbo and the Night Watchmen (1971) 15 exemplares
One man's America (1952) 12 exemplares
Golf: The Marvelous Mania (2008) 10 exemplares
Alistair Cooke at the BBC (1999) 10 exemplares
Letter from America V.2 (2003) 5 exemplares
Christmas Eve 4 exemplares
Letter from America Volume 1-3 (2005) 3 exemplares
Omnibus: King Lear 2 exemplares
The State Of The Language (1984) 2 exemplares
Christmas Eve 1 exemplar
All at Sea 1 exemplar
Reporting America 1 exemplar
Geschichte Amerikas (1975) 1 exemplar
Six Friends 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Vintage Mencken (1955) — Editor — 672 exemplares
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Introdução — 113 exemplares
The World of George Price: A 55 Year Retrospective (1988) — Introdução, algumas edições36 exemplares
Edwardian London (1995) — Introdução, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições35 exemplares
The Letters of Nunnally Johnson (1981) — Prefácio — 16 exemplares
Marilyn Monroe - Great Interviews of the 20th Century (2007) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Alastair Cooke's America [1972 TV series] (2004) — Host — 1 exemplar

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Cooke does not try to cover the entire history of the USA or explain every quirk he encountered on this journey. Still, in this book, he gives a pretty fair account of who we are, where we've been, and maybe even why and how we do what we do. It's a great book to wander through, picking up information here and there. But it's also a book worth reading from front to back.
 
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Huba.Library | 7 outras críticas | Feb 7, 2024 |
A slim (55 pages) volume of delight from Alistair Cooke. Anyone who ever heard his BBC broadcasts will vividly hear his voice as they read the text. Wonderful stuff.
 
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mbmackay | Jul 15, 2022 |
This book took me quite a while to read.

Interesting perspective one has now on things from not too long ago. Times are a changing quickly.

Overall I enjoyed reading his stories from America. I learned about the past, it was interesting to read an adult's take on the time of my childhood and see him change from an optimist to more of a pessimist during the 58 years this book spans.
 
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donhazelwood | 7 outras críticas | Mar 11, 2022 |

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Obras
71
Also by
11
Membros
4,002
Popularidade
#6,309
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
39
ISBN
186
Línguas
7
Marcado como favorito
3

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