Six Men (Biography) — Alistair Cooke. AZW3 EPUB MOBI

Six Men—Alistair Cooke. AZW3, EPUB, MOBI, 1978
Non-Fiction. Tags: Autobiography, Biography, Memoirs
isbn:0140048340

This book is by the broadcaster Alistair Cooke (1908-2004), not the English cricketer, Alastair Cook.

Alistair Cooke's Six Men is a highly personal account of six remarkable men who made a deep impression on twentieth century history. During his extraordinary broadcasting career of over sixty years Cooke encountered many legendary figures, in the varied worlds of journalism, politics, public life, sport and entertainment.

Here are candid portraits of the lovable yet unreliable Charlie Chaplin, who, when asked to be Cooke's best man, mysteriously vanished on the wedding day; the charming yet childlike 'golden boy' Edward VIII; Cooke's mentor, the flawed contrarian and satirist H. L. Mencken; Humphrey Bogart, revealing the complex and private man behind the tough-guy image; the larger-than-life liberal politician Adlai Stevenson; and the heroic social reformer and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Each superbly realized description is a masterpiece of observation, warmth and humor, recalling a golden age of 'great men'.

'A rare delight ... he has that priceless gift of the gods, irresistible readability'
—Spectator

'There is never going to be anyone else like Cooke, a chronicler of amazing times'
—Daily Telegraph

'Six Men is the journalist's memoir par excellence'
—Newsweek

'The quintessential Alistair Cooke'
—Economist