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The American Home Front, 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke (2006, Unabridged, Audio Cassette) 
The American Home Front, 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke (2006, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

 
The American Home Front, 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke (2006, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Language: English
Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 1423321146
ISBN-13: 9781423321149
Product ID: EPID51440945
Description: British journalist Alistair Cooke was known for his insightful dispatches from America, which for decades he considered his second home. This book recounts his early experiences, as he arrives in America shortly after Pearl Harbor and b...
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Synopsis
British journalist Alistair Cooke was known for his insightful dispatches from America, which for decades he considered his second home. This book recounts his early experiences, as he arrives in America shortly after Pearl Harbor and begins what will be a long and deep relationship with the place where he will later say he feels "at home." As he writes with feeling about the wartime sacrifices made by many Americans (though not all, he remarks), what comes through is Cooke's genuine interest in people, places, and things.

Details
Publication Date:2006-05-01
Narrated by:John Byrne Cooke
Edition Description:Unabridged

Size
Height:8.5 in
Width:5.0 in
Thickness:2.2 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
The famed BBC correspondent furnishes an incisive, firsthand portrait of America on the homefront during the early days of World War II, describing the dramatic changes that were occurring throughout the nation during the period as it was transformed from a civilian society to a wartime one, as seen through the eyes of ordinary citizens. Simultaneous.

Industry Reviews
"A vivid, endlessly interesting view of the home front."
(04/01/2006)

"In addition to being a broadcaster, Mr. Cooke was a print reporter, and a superb one, with a sharp, skeptical eye and a stylish pen. Both are on brilliant display here. Despite the grim circumstances, THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT can be read, with great pleasure, as nothing more than a colorful travelogue, given poignancy by the passage of time. Cruising down two-lane highways, along routes since shoved aside by the interstates, Mr. Cooke sees a vanished America of drug stores and soda fountains, of unspoiled Western forests and empty, pristine beaches."
(05/24/2006)

"We are certainly hearing from a younger Cooke, though not necessarily a more callow one. The intelligence is already sceptical, the eye alert for the important rather than the iconic,....The latter parts of the book were used as material for some of his later LETTERS FROM AMERICA on the BBC. And in a sense this journey to see for himself served as the foundation for all the letters."
(07/01/2006)

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