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In Alistair Cooke's Footsteps

Alvin Hall travels the USA revisiting the insights and observations of Alistair Cooke's Letter from America, on subjects as diverse as jazz, immigration and the American Dream

Radio 4,4 episodes

Episodes

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Setting off from New York
Alvin Hall travels through the USA revisiting Alistair Cooke's Letter from America.
06 Nov 2012,15 mins
From Pittsburgh to Chicago
Alvin Hall visits Pittsburgh and a baseball game at Chicago's historic Wrigley Field.
13 Nov 2012,15 mins
New Orleans
Alvin pursues Alistair's passion for jazz in New Orleans, the city where it all began.
20 Nov 2012,15 mins
Washington DC to New York
Alvin travels to Washington DC to reflect on a letter about the war in Vietnam.
27 Nov 2012,15 mins