books.google.de - Alistair Cooke writes in the preface to this collection of 23 biographical sketches, "Most of these pieces tend to find, and rejoice in, what is best about their subjects." That is not to say that the distinguished British print and broadcast journalist (resident for many years in America) is starry-eyed...http://books.google.de/books/about/Memories_of_the_Great_the_Good.html?hl=de&id=F0h7-aDQqzoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMemories of the Great & the Good
