Churchill in America 1895-1961 Robert H Pilpel-1977-1st

Churchill In America 1895-1961 - An Affectionate Portrait
Pilpel, Robert H., Illustrated With Photographs.

Book Description: New English Library, London, 1977. First British Edition of the 1976 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich First Edition. A very human portrait of CHurchill, as seen from the focus of the fifteen visits he made to the USA. Some wear to the clipped jacket, otherwise Good+/Good condition.

On November 9, 1895, an opinionated junior officer in Her Majesty's 4th Hussars was planning a stop in the United States on his way to observe the fighting in Cuba. His name was Winston Churchill. Characteristically, he was in a hurry. Then he set foot in this country-and fell in love with it. Over the course of the next 65 years, he returned fourteen times to the United States. He came on lecture tours, on social visits, as the leader of a wartime ally, and as a friend. He met, among others, Mark Twain, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst, Louis B. Mayer, Bernard Baruch, Adlai Stevenson, and the diplomatic and military commanders of World War II. He saw more of America than most Americans ever see. On three occasions he addressed the Congress. He was formally adopted as an honorary citizen, the only one since Lafayette. Churchill in America is the story of an enduring love affair between Winston Churchill and the United States. From 1895 to 1961, whenever they met, they brought out the best in each other.

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