The American in England: Emerson to S. J. Perelman

by Alistair Cooke

The Rede Lecture was delivered by Cooke at the Senate House, Cambridge University, on May 8th, 1975.

25 pages, Paperback

Published October 30, 1975

About the author

Books of British-American journalist and broadcaster Alfred Alistair Cooke include Around the World in 50 Years (1966) and Alistair Cooke's America (1973).

After the University of Cambridge graduated him, the British Broadcasting Corporation hired him. This legendary television host rose to prominence for his reports on London Letter on radio of National Broadcasting Corporation during the 1930s. Cooke immigrated to the United States in 1937. In 1946, he began his radio appearances on Letter from America on the British Broadcasting Corporation; this tradition that lasted nearly six decades.

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