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The definitive survey of Alistair Cookeâs brilliant career as a newspaperman Few journalists have covered the American scene as thoroughly as Alistair Cooke did. In addition to presenting the Sunday-night Letter from America broadcasts for the BBC, Cooke was the Guardianâs chief US correspondent for more than a quarter century, filing daily dispatches about the former colonies for his British readers. Selected and introduced by Professor Ronald A. Wells, the pieces in America Observed showcase the full range of Cookeâs omnivorous interests and impressive reportorial skills. From baseball to Billy Graham, Harry S. Truman to Chappaquiddick, he depicts the defining characters and events of the American century with elegance and insight. âThe Untravelled Roadâ is a poignant and perceptive snapshot of the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama. âThe Legend of Gary Cooperâ eloquently summarizes the unlikely career of Americaâs leading man, and âA Woman of Integrityâ delivers the news of Marilyn Monroeâs death with empathy and honesty. âThe Ghastly Sixtiesâ is a concise, candid, and ultimately inspirational chronicle of that turbulent decade. Remarkably prescient and endlessly entertaining, the journalism collected here is some of the twentieth centuryâs finest. |
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