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As a writer and a journalist, Alistair Cooke has provided commentary of people and events in both Britain and the US for over half a century. In this book he shares empressions of 6 great men whom he has known and admired: Charlie Chaplin, King Edward VIII, H.L. Mencken, Humphrey Bogart, Adlai Stevenson, and Bertrand Russell. With the keen eye of a reporter and the candor of an intimate friend, Cooke gives us a warm and frank view of these legendary figures--a personal perspective on the men behind the fame and public personae.
As a writer and a journalist, Alistair Cooke has provided commentary of people and events in both Britain and the US for over half a century. In this book he shares empressions of 6 great men whom he has known and admired: Charlie Chaplin, King Edward VIII, H.L. Mencken, Humphrey Bogart, Adlai Stevenson, and Bertrand Russell. With the keen eye of a reporter and the candor of an intimate friend, Cooke gives us a warm and frank view of these legendary figures--a personal perspective on the men behind the fame and public personae.
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