Text
Six men / by Alistair Cooke.
A note on fame and friendship -- Charles Chaplin: the one and only -- Edward VIII: the golden boy -- H.L. Mencken: The public and the private face -- Adlai Stevenson: The failed saint -- Bertrand Russell: the lord of reason -- Humphrey Bogart: epitaph for a tough guy.
Abstract The erudite writer and paragon of television commentators recalls his friendships with, and the personal characteristics of, Chaplin, the Duke of Windsor, Mencken, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell, and Bogart.
No other version available