Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

” He quickly emerged as one of the masters of the medium. Mr. Cooke published 12 books, including ” Alistair Cooke ‘ s America ” (1973), which sold more than 800,000 copies in hard cover.

There won't be another "Letter from America" -- Alistair Cooke has retired after broadcasting his familiar letters segment for the last 58 years.

Alistair Cooke. Americans of a certain age remember Cooke as the host of Masterpiece Theater from its inception in 1970 till 1992, and the writer-presenter of Alistair Cooke’s America.

LONDON, March 30 -- Alistair Cooke, who died at midnight Tuesday in New York at age 95, was fond of citing George Bernard Shaw's dictum that the United States and Britain are "two nations divided ...

To most Americans, ALISTAIR COOKE was the baronial M.C. of Masterpiece Theatre--a genial gent so famous that he was gently parodied as Alistair Cookie on Sesame Street and Alistair Beagle in ...

Our library is blessed with several books by and about Mr. Cooke to keep his memory alive Perhaps his most well-known work is "Alistair Cooke's America," written more than 30 years ago.

Alistair Cooke, the ultra-civilized, silver-haired British broadcaster best known to American audiences as the host of "Masterpiece Theatre," died Tuesday at his home in New York. He had heart ...