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Becoming Winston Churchill: The Untold Story of Young Winston and his American Mentor
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by Michael McMenamin and Curt Zoller
Sales Rank: 510840
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List Price: $49.95
$39.96
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
Published by: Greenwood World Publishing June 30, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1846450055
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1846450051
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Review
There is some rare stuff between the covers of Becoming Winston Churchill: material so unusual, so uncommon, that Churchillians should treasure it like a rare gem, or a first edition of Mr. Brodrick's Army.This is an huge and even vital book for any Churchillian. It is important as a source of new material and new thinking about Churchill, and as a surprisingly tender and gentle way of thinking about young people. Every person, no matter how great, requirements mentors, the author's argue-especially in their youth. By mentoring the young, older people can add an critical dimensions of meaning to their lives. McMenamin and Zoller have proved it by helping to resurrect Bourke Cockran. Theirs is a message we should all take to heart.Finest Hour
When Churchill was asked to whom he owed his oratorical skills, he surprised people by answering Bourke Cockran, an American statesman. Based on the correspondence some previously unpublished between Churchill and Cockran, authorities on Churchill (1874-1965) depict Cockran's mentoring of the future British Prime Minister. The book begins with the love affair between Churchill's widowed American mother and Cockran, and includes fictional but fact-based narratives beginning chapters, and photographs.Reference & Research Book News
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"A awesome achievement and an illuminating study of a largely forgotten relationship." - Allen Packwood, Director, Churchill Archives Centre
"A true tour de force that brings life and light to one of the great early influences on Winston Churchill." - Sir Martin, Gilbert, Churchill's Official Biographer
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for people really interested in the only mentor churchill ever had this book is a must have
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