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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Class mobility and social change in New York are illustrated by Alistair Cooke with the stories of the Astors, the Metropolitan Opera House, JP Morgan and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish.

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Fri 16 Jan 199821:00

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Fri 16 Jan 199821:00
BBC Radio 4

The Clinton Years (1997-2000)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Bill Clinton’s second term including the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the war in Kosovo.

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