Memories of the Great and the GoodArcade Publishing, 15.10.2000 - 296 Seiten Alistair Cooke presents a gallery of portraits and sketches of 23 of the most fascinating characters he has known, admired, or covered during his long and distinguished career, including Winston Churchill, Duke Ellington, and George Abbott. |
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The Frontiersman | 17 |
Frank Lloyd Wright | 29 |
Wodehouse at Eighty | 39 |
FDR | 53 |
Eleanor Roosevelt 6939 | 75 |
Dean Acheson | 89 |
Eisenhower at Gettysburg | 101 |
Harold Ross | 113 |
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