Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Hardcover Memories of the Great and the Good Book

ISBN: 1559704799

ISBN13: 9781559704793

Memories of the Great and the Good

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

$5.39
Save $19.56!
List Price $24.95
Almost Gone, Only 2 Left!

Book Overview

Alistair Cooke's collected memories of those whom he believes have left the world a better and more interesting place. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Customer Reviews

5 customer ratings | 4 reviews

Rated 5 stars
The pleasure of their company...and of his

I read this book when it was first published almost a decade ago and recently re-read it after watching a television program about Alistair Cooke (November 20, 1908-March 30, 2004) that renewed my interest in his life and especially in those who attracted his interest as a journalist. My first encounter with Cooke occurred when my family and I watched "Omnibus," an educational television series, broadcast on Sunday afternoons...

0Report

Rated 5 stars
A Good Read

Prior to buying this volume of Alistair Cooke's writings, I knew him only as the former host of Masterpiece Theater, with his career as a journalist being only something I had heard about. The essays collected here are from various periods of Mr. Cooke writing career (1957 through 1999) and include a diverse group of people, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Irma Bombeck, Gary Cooper, Barry Goldwater and Eleanor Roosevelt ...

0Report

Rated 5 stars
A Partial Review

"Memories of the Great and the Good" is a collection of essays that, as much as introducing the more casual and less public sides of nearly two dozen luminaries, reveals the evolution of America and of Alistair Cooke. The pieces stretch from 1951 through 1999 and the most useful advice, repeated both in discussing Churchill's love of war and hatred of the idea of women's suffrage, and in dismissing the alleged racism of...

0Report

Rated 4 stars
Alistair Cooke's Insights on Renown Figures

I purchased this book for my 13 year old son for Christmas, and took the liberty of reading it. I read Cooke's sections on George C. Marshall, Winston Churchill,Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Bobby Jones because I was familiar with all of them from other works. Cooke writes in a breezy style, butI believe he captures the noble, transcendent charateristics of each man.I enjoyed each sketch thorougly. His vignettes are all perceptive...

0Report

Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured