America Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xiv, 233, [1] pages. Notes. Price clipped. Signed by author. Inscription signed by Cooke. Selected and introduced by Ronald A. Wells. These never-before-collected pieces represent Cooke's best, funniest, most pungent commentary. Out of several hundreds of thousands of words, here are 57 pieces that represent the best of Cooke's views of his times. For more than a quarter of a century, from 1946 to 1972, as chief American correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, Alistair Cooke incisively, charmingly, and energetically interpreted our doings to the often mystified British. More