Letter From America, Vol. 3

by Alistair Cooke

‘Such experience, wisdom and education are unlikely ever again to combine in one journalist’ - Mark Lawson. Alistair Cooke was radio’s great observer, the doyen of foreign correspondents and the world’s most famous letter writer. From 1946 until 2004, he explained the Americans to the British through his weekly Letter from America, the longest-running one-man series in broadcasting history. It was always a virtuoso performance – informed, informal, shrewd, funny and erudite. In this volume, Cooke reports on a varied selection of events, including the 1992 presidential election, the art of Charles Schulz and introducing Bernstein to Handel’s Messiah. He remembers the infamous standoff over Cuba, which nearly caused a third world war, and recalls the more recent shocking events surrounding September 11th 2001 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’. Every event evokes a particular time and place, but Cooke’s unique style of expression and analysis provides each with a resonance that echoes through the years. This release also contains a bonus programme, Remembering Alistair Cooke, in which BBC Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie and a selection of Cooke's friends, family, and colleagues pay tribute to the great broadcaster.

4 CDs. 4 hrs 26 mins.

Genres: History

4 pages, Audio CD

First published March 7, 2005

About the author

Books of British-American journalist and broadcaster Alfred Alistair Cooke include Around the World in 50 Years (1966) and Alistair Cooke's America (1973).

After the University of Cambridge graduated him, the British Broadcasting Corporation hired him. This legendary television host rose to prominence for his reports on London Letter on radio of National Broadcasting Corporation during the 1930s. Cooke immigrated to the United States in 1937. In 1946, he began his radio appearances on Letter from America on the British Broadcasting Corporation; this tradition that lasted nearly six decades.

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[S Ravishankar · Rating 5 out of 5]

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