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Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)

Forfatter af Amerika

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Alistair Cooke is a journalist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Manchester, England on November 20, 1908. He obtained his education at Cambridge, Yale, and Harvard. His career is based on his observations of American life and culture. Cooke worked as a correspondent for NBC and as a special vis mere correspondent for the London Times and the Guardian. He is perhaps most famous for his BBC weekly broadcast, "Letter From America," which has been successful for over fifty years because of its sophisticated wit. Cooke became well-known in the United States as host for Omnibus for nine years and later as host of the Masterpiece Theatre. He has also written numerous books including the bestsellers Alistair Cooke's America, Six Men, and Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke. In 1973, Cooke was made an honorary Knight of the British Empire. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Alistair Cooke

Amerika (1973) 1,213 eksemplarer
Letter from America: 1946-2004 (2004) 521 eksemplarer
Six Men (1977) 406 eksemplarer
The Americans (1979) 283 eksemplarer
The American Home Front: 1941-1942 (2006) 264 eksemplarer
Above London (1980) 213 eksemplarer
Memories of the Great and the Good (1999) 150 eksemplarer
The Patient Has the Floor (1777) 76 eksemplarer
Talk about America (1968) 74 eksemplarer
Letters from America, 1946-51 (1951) 67 eksemplarer
Reporting America (2008) 60 eksemplarer
Alistair Cooke at the Movies (2009) 23 eksemplarer
Garbo and the Night Watchmen (1971) 15 eksemplarer
One man's America (1952) 12 eksemplarer
Golf: The Marvelous Mania (2008) 10 eksemplarer
Alistair Cooke at the BBC (1999) 10 eksemplarer
Letter from America V.2 (2003) 5 eksemplarer
Christmas Eve 4 eksemplarer
Letter from America Volume 1-3 (2005) 3 eksemplarer
A Commencement Address 2 eksemplarer
Omnibus: King Lear 2 eksemplarer
The State Of The Language (1984) 2 eksemplarer
Christmas Eve 1 eksemplar
All at Sea 1 eksemplar
Reporting America 1 eksemplar
Geschichte Amerikas (1975) 1 eksemplar
Six Friends 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

The Vintage Mencken (1955) — Redaktør — 672 eksemplarer
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Introduktion — 112 eksemplarer
The World of George Price: A 55 Year Retrospective (1988) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver36 eksemplarer
Edwardian London (1995) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver; Introduktion, nogle udgaver35 eksemplarer
The Letters of Nunnally Johnson (1981) — Forord — 16 eksemplarer
Marilyn Monroe - Great Interviews of the 20th Century (2007) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Alastair Cooke's America [1972 TV series] (2004) — Host — 1 eksemplar

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Indeholder "A Note on Fame and Friendship", "1. Charles Chaplin - The One and Only", "2. Edward VIII - The Golden Boy", "3. H. L. Mencken - The Public and the Private Face", "4. Humphrey Bogart - Epitaph for a Tough Guy", "5. Adlai Stevenson - The Failed Saint", "6. Bertrand Russell - The Lord of Reason".

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Alfred Cooke - eller som han skiftede navn til - Alistair Cooke emigrerede til USA fra England i 1937 og skrev masser af artikler om USA set med en englænders øjne. Han blev ret gammel, 95 år, og blev ufrivilligt indblandet i en sag om ligrøveri efter sin død, for nogle tyveknægte fjernede knoglevæv fra hans og flere andres lig inden kremering. Knoglevævet blev solgt videre til brug i patienter, hvilket var en dum ide for Alistair døde af kræft og det havde spredt sig til knoglerne.
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