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The Essential Letters from America

by Alistair Cooke
©BBC Audiobooks Ltd 2010
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This is the final volume of the definitive decade-by-decade collection of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America – the seminal and longest running personal commentary on the radio. This release focuses on the turbulent times in the US of the 2000s, and the history of the decade is explored through Alistair Cooke's unique broadcasts. The 16 letters include Running Mates and Carpet Baggers, The Day of Judgment and Paralysis by Analysis – all centred upon the famously indecisive Presidential election of 2000 between George W Bush and Al Gore. The Origin of the Continental Blow-out, America's Day of Terror and America on Standby are all focussed upon the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. In a lighter vein, Messiah at Christmas talks about Handel's Messiah and his memories of hearing it performed during his Lancashire childhood. And Alistair Cooke's final Letter From America, broadcast on 20th February 2004, reflects on President Bush' difficulties as the situation in Iraq unravelled.

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Series: Essential Letter from America Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781408402610
  • File size: 134502 KB
  • Release date: March 2, 2010
  • Duration: 04:40:12

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  • ISBN: 9781408402610
  • File size: 134675 KB
  • Release date: March 2, 2010
  • Duration: 04:40:11
  • Number of parts: 4

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History Nonfiction

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English

This is the final volume of the definitive decade-by-decade collection of Alistair Cooke's Letters from America – the seminal and longest running personal commentary on the radio. This release focuses on the turbulent times in the US of the 2000s, and the history of the decade is explored through Alistair Cooke's unique broadcasts. The 16 letters include Running Mates and Carpet Baggers, The Day of Judgment and Paralysis by Analysis – all centred upon the famously indecisive Presidential election of 2000 between George W Bush and Al Gore. The Origin of the Continental Blow-out, America's Day of Terror and America on Standby are all focussed upon the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. In a lighter vein, Messiah at Christmas talks about Handel's Messiah and his memories of hearing it performed during his Lancashire childhood. And Alistair Cooke's final Letter From America, broadcast on 20th February 2004, reflects on President Bush' difficulties as the situation in Iraq unravelled.

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History Nonfiction