Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) enjoyed an extraordinary life in print, radio and television. Born in Salford in 1908 and educated at the universities of Cambridge, Yale and Harvard, throughout his long career he worked as a journalist and broadcaster for many different organisations and won numerous awards for his work. He was the Guardian 's c hief American correspondent for twenty-five years and the host of Masterpiece Theatre and other ground-breaking cultural television programmes. He achieved...See more
Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) enjoyed an extraordinary life in print, radio and television. Born in Salford in 1908 and educated at the universities of Cambridge, Yale and Harvard, throughout his long career he worked as a journalist and broadcaster for many different organisations and won numerous awards for his work. He was the Guardian 's c hief American correspondent for twenty-five years and the host of Masterpiece Theatre and other ground-breaking cultural television programmes. He achieved acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic for his thirteen-part BBC series America : A Personal History of the United States and the accompanying book sold two million copies. Alistair Cooke was, however, best known both at home and abroad for his weekly Letter from America , which was heard over five continents and totalled 2,869 broadcasts, becoming far and away the longest-running BBC radio series in broadcasting history. He died in March 2004, just a few weeks after his retirement. See less
Alistair Cooke's Featured Books
Alistair Cooke book reviews
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London in Old Photographs 1897-1914
Wonderful Book
by RandiSB, Oct 4, 2012
Wonderful pictures - I actually bought this book for the photographs and was not disappointed! The variety of subject matter is great - I love looking at the buildings and the fashions. The ... Read More
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The American Home Front: 1941-1942
Great read.
by wordex, Mar 22, 2012
Very interesting stories about medium and small town folks as well as farmers and factory workers attitudes on the home front during WWII. For example, most small towns believed they had the most ... Read More
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Letters from America
Incomparable Cooke
by Ross, Aug 30, 2007
Nearly every week for 58 years, for a total of 2869 broadcasts, Cooke broadcast these "letters" about American life - eventually to people in 50 countries. With his calm, sophisticated, literate, and ... Read More
