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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: Alistair Cooke's Letter from America Rediscovered by BBC

Mar 30, 2014117:48Society & Culture

1970s America rediscovered through lost recordings of Letter from America, on the 10th anniversary of legendary journalist Alistair Cooke's death. Paddy O'Connell and guests including historian Dominic Sandbrook, Alvin H...

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