Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980) - The book-selling business

How the book-selling business creates a bestseller from a book which isn't selling.

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.

Published on Friday, 10th October 1980.

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