Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke
On Sport and Other Amusements
Alistair Cooke, whom many knew as the former host of Masterpiece Theatre, was also one of the world's best journalists. Here he brings his unique blend of wit, curiosity, and insight to bear on the world of sports and entertainment. He writes with equal verve on golf (his favorite sport), tennis, boxing, sailing, and horse racing. And his selections on the movies, jazz, and the theater are just as delightful. Whether writing on George Gershwin or Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali or Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin or Jack Nicklaus, Duke Ellington or Sugar Ray Robinson, the Masters golf tournament or Wimbledon, the Kentucky Derby or How the Russians I…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62872-442-4
- EAN: 9781628724424
- Produktnummer: 15904062
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 415 g
- Gewicht: 415
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Alistair Cooke was a journalist born in Lancashire, England, on November 20, 1908. For over fifty years, he presented Letters from America, which was the longest-running radio series in the world. Cooke lived in New York City until his death on March 30, 2004.
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