Author: Alistair CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Letters from America, 1946-1951
Author: Alistair CookeLetters from America, 1946–1951
Author: Alistair CookePublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497697689
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
“[Cooke is] one of the most gifted and urbane essayists of the century, a supreme master.” —The Spectator As the voice of the BBC’s Letter from America for close to six decades, Alistair Cooke addressed several millions of listeners on five continents. They tuned in every Friday evening or Sunday morning to listen to his erudite and entertaining reports on life in the United States. According to Lord Hill of Luton, chairman of the BBC, Cooke had “a virtuosity approaching genius in talking about America in human terms.” Letters from America: 1946–1951 contains highlights from the first five years of Alistair Cooke’s legendary BBC radio program, years when listeners were eager to put the horrors of World War II behind them. Cooke’s lively and illuminating dispatches from New York perfectly capture the spirit of the times. From the significance of Labor Day to reflections on the changing seasons to the heroic Long Island duck that saved two people from drowning, little escapes the broadcaster’s sharp reportorial eye and affable wit. This collection includes Cooke’s historical tour of Washington, DC, and his thoughts on why New York is such a singular city, and covers more serious topics such as the Soviet threat and the anxieties of the atomic age. Always captivating, Cooke treats the reader to profiles of Joe Louis and Will Rogers and reflections on Damon Runyon’s America, and concludes with a “Letter to an Intending Immigrant.” Letters from America: 1946–1951, the first volume of Cooke’s iconic broadcasts, offers a captivating journey through culture, history, and politics and is a classic of twentieth-century journalism.
Letters from America
Author: Alistair CookeLetter from America
Author: Letters from East Germany
Author: Albert Schäfer-AstPublisher: Young Writers
ISBN: 9780955858215
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Letter from America
Author: Alistair CookeLetter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting His Annual Report on the State of the Finances
Author: United States. Department of the TreasuryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
Author: United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Letters from an American Soldier, 1941-1946
Author: Charles William WaltersPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Talk About America, 1951–1968
Author: Alistair CookePublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497697697
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
“There is never going to be anyone else like Cooke, a chronicler of amazing times.” —The Daily Telegraph As the voice of the BBC’s Letter from America for close to six decades, Alistair Cooke addressed several millions of listeners on five continents. They tuned in every Friday evening or Sunday morning to listen to his erudite and entertaining reports on life in the United States. According to Lord Hill of Luton, chairman of the BBC, Cooke had “a virtuosity approaching genius in talking about America in human terms.” This second collection of Cooke’s personally selected letters covers tumultuous events in American history such as the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. His analysis of the origins of the conflict in Vietnam is clear eyed and compelling, and in three thoughtful and incisive essays—on Brown v. Board of Education, the struggle to integrate the Deep South, and the riots in Watts—Cooke identifies the changing racial attitudes that defined the era. He reflects on the rise of drug use among college students and offers a paean to the beauty of Golden Gate Park. With characteristically incisive portraits of political and cultural figures such as John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Frost, H. L. Mencken, Charles Lindbergh, and John Glenn, Talk About America: 1951–1968 is rich with humor, compassion, and commitment. In this superb overview of an astonishing era in America’s twentieth century, Alistair Cooke is at the top of his game.