Alistair Cooke's America

A personal history of America from the man who arrived there in the 1930s.With stories of triumphs and failures grandeurs and tragedies from theexplorers who pu... » 

A personal history of America from the man who arrived there in the 1930s.With stories of triumphs and failures grandeurs and tragedies from theexplorers who put America on the map and the pioneers who tamed the wild westto the soldiers who fought for independence and the tycoons who built fortunes.With portraits of key people from the Mayflower to Pearl Harbour this is thedefining portrait of a nation. «