Format:
Book
Author(s):
Cooke, Alistair
Keyword(s):
Biography -- 20th century.
Biographies -- 20e siËcle.
Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004.
Year:
1977
Pages:
205 p.
Publisher:
Knopf
Publisher location:
New York
Accession number:
3168564
Label:
Box 74
Notes:
Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
port. ; 25 cm.
A note on fame and friendship -- Charles Chaplin: the one and only -- Edward VIII: the golden boy -- H.L. Mencken: The public and the private face -- Adlai Stevenson: The failed saint -- Bertrand Russell: the lord of reason -- Humphrey Bogart: epitaph for a tough guy.
by Alistair Cooke.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: CT120; Dewey: 920/.00904
ISBN:
ISBN: 0394484347; 0394423526; 9780394484341; 9780394423524; 0394423526 LCCN: 77-74978
Work type:
Biography (bio)
Edition:
1st
Abstract:
The erudite writer and paragon of television commentators recalls his friendships with, and the personal characteristics of, Chaplin, the Duke of Windsor, Mencken, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell, and Bogart.