Alistair Cooke: The Essential Letters From America: The 1940s & 1950s
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Alistair Cooke: The Essential Letters From America: The 1940s & 1950s

Written By : Alistair Cooke
Performed By : Alistair Cooke and Matt Frei
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 30 minutes
Biographical
20th Century
American
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A selection of Alistair Cooke’s finest radio Letters in chronological order from his earliest broadcasts. 

In this selection of the very first Letters, Cooke reports on a memorable range of events, including the threat to the United States during World War II, the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the shocking occasion when a bomber hit the Empire State Building and the presidential election of 1948.

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McCarthy's Bar
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The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.

McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.

Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.