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Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke, KBE (1908–2004), was a legendary British American journalist, television host, and radio broadcaster. He was born in Lancashire, England, and after graduating from the University of...view moreAlistair Cooke, KBE (1908–2004), was a legendary British American journalist, television host, and radio broadcaster. He was born in Lancashire, England, and after graduating from the University of Cambridge, was hired as a journalist for the BBC. He rose to prominence for his London Letter reports, broadcast on NBC Radio in America during the 1930s. Cooke immigrated to the United States in 1937. In 1946, he began a tradition that would last nearly six decades—his Letter from America radio appearances on the BBC. Cooke was also beloved as the host of PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre for twenty-one years. He wrote many books, both collections of his Letters from America and other projects. After his death, the Fulbright Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism was established to support students from the United Kingdom seeking to study in the United States, and vice versa.view less
Books by Alistair Cooke
Six Men Fourth Street East: A Novel of How It Was Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The American Home Front, 1941–1942 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMemories of the Great & the Good Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Alistair Cooke Collection Volume One: Letters from America, Talk About America, and The Americans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTalk About America, 1951–1968 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Can Get It for You Wholesale: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Americans: Letters from America 1969–1979 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alistair Cooke at the Movies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Generation on Trial: U.S.A. v. Alger Hiss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Letters from America, 1946–1951 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5