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Radio 4,02 Mar 1984,14 mins

John Glenn and the presidency

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Astronaut Glenn comes down to earth after poor showing in first vote for Democrat presidential nominations. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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