Reporting America

Alistair Cooke Was the Greatest of All Twentieth Century Reporters of Life in America to the Rest of the World. Published to Celebrate the Centenary of His Birth, This Book Presents the Cream of His Writings on the Events That Shaped Modern American History, From the End of the Second World War Through to the Assassination of John Kennedy and of Bobby Kennedy (Cooke Was Actually Present), the Moon Landings and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. Almost All the Material is Previously Unpublished in Book Form - Transcripts of His Legendary Letters From America, Long-Forgotten Reports in the Guardian (Whose Correspondent in New York He Was for 25 Years) and Other Freshly Discovered Writings. the Book Will Be Illustrated Throughout in Full Colour With Iconic Photographs of the Events Cooke is Describing.