Letter from AmericaA defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States. When Alistair Cooke retired in February 2004, he was acclaimed as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letter from America radio series, which began in 1946 and continued every week for fifty eight years until his retirement, kept the world in touch with what was happening in America.