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COOKE**, ALISTAIR: : ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICAN JOURNEY: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War

LONDON.ALLEN LANE/PENGUIN,2006.

ISBN 0713998792.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour+ b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with dark blue,red+white lettering to front and spine,critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate blue+white map of America illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, xii-xixpp+1-327pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Harold Evans,11 chapters and an epilogue,an Envoi,8pp contemporary auto+ biographical b/w+colour photographs in 1 block, between pp172/3 and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author/subject's contemporary b/w portrait frntis to reverse,title page, contents list/table and acknowledgements each page with a blank reverse,an illustrations list/ table with author's thumbnail,contemporary b/w portrait affixed to a b/w facsimle reproduction of BBC letter of introduction to the reverse and to the rear 4pp blanks. A newly discovered,completely unpublished book by the legendary journalist and broadcaster which was published postumously,2006. Shortly before his death in 2004,Alistair Cooke's personal secretary discovered in his New York study what Cooke had long believed was a lost manuscript unpublished and extraordinary account of his travels through America during the Second World War. In 1941 America had unconditionally entered a war that many Americans had hoped might be avoidable.Alistair Cooke,then a Washington correspondent for the 'Guardian' (a British newspaper),recognised a great story to be told in reviewing first-hand the effects of an abrupt transition from peacetime to wartime,from pacifism to patriotism,from neutrality to belligerence,and the impact upon the daily lives of Americans as they adjusted to radically new circumstances.Within weeks of the Pearl Harbour attack,with a reporter's seal Cooke set off on a circuit of the entire country 'to see what the war had done to people'.He talked to everyone he encountered on his extensive trip,from miners to lumberjacks,to Pullman porters,to war profiteers,to day-labourers,to local politicians - even the unfortunate Japanese-Americans who had been rapidly interned in stark desert camps. Intertwined with his reflections on changing landscapes and cityscapes and with his unique storytelling skills and insight,his acute ability to define detail and catch the sounds of different regional accents,this is alistair Cooke moving into his prime as a reporter and a writer.His prescient observations on what was happening at the grAssroots and considerations on where America was headed provide a clearer understanding of a critical moment in world history just before the dropping of the atomic bomb.This unique travelogue and time capsule celebrates an essential American character and indomitable spirit of a nation that was to inspire Cooke's reports and broadcasts for some sixty years. Alistair Cook enjoyed an extraordinary life in print,radio and television.He was born in Manchester,England 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 organizations including the BBC,The Times and the Guardian (both British newspapers),and won numerous awards for his work.He is best known both at home and abroad for his weekly 'Letter from America',far and away the longest-running radio series in broadcasting history.He died in March 2004,just a few weeks after his retirement.'Letter from America',a definitive selection of the Letters,is also published by Penguin (UK). Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included or free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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