Title: Six men /
Authors: Cooke, Alistair,; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
Date: 1977
Publisher: Knopf,
Physical description: 205 pages : portraits ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC class: C
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.
Contents: 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.