ALISTAIR COOKE - The Americans. Fifty Talks on Our Life and Times

New York USA, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Third Printing, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0394503643 Hardback For more than thirty years now, Alistair Cooke has been observing us and talking about us in a weekly fifteen-minute radio talk - Letter from America - broadcast to millions of devoted listeners in Britain and other parts of the world. Discussing the news, reporting fads and scandals, describing his personal experiences with American folkways and with men and women famous and obscure, the talks have become established as the finest possible running commentary on Cooke's adopted country. Pity is, most Americans can't hear them. Now, with the publication of this book, we can discover what Cooke has been saying about us and see ourselves as he sees us. Fifty of his best talks have been brought together, a Cooke's-eye view of our last ten years. A splendid look at ourselves (and Cooke), a memorable tour of our most recent American decade. Hand-cut pages. Tiny tear to D/J. Very slight foxing to D/J.