"It Gives Me Great Pleasure" 1955 Beaton, Cecil (His Personal Copy! 'Not to Be Taken Away')

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BEATON, Cecil

[214] pp.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

1955

First Printing

8 3/4" x 6"

The Estate of Miss Eileen Hose, … more BEATON, Cecil

[214] pp.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

1955

First Printing

8 3/4" x 6"

The Estate of Miss Eileen Hose,

Sir Cecil's devoted companion, assistant, and personal secretary.

In the winter of 1952-3 and for six weeks in 1954 Beaton completed two lecture tours of America, combating his nerves and delivering his speech to a string of Ladies’ Clubs across the continent. It Gives Me Great Pleasure is an account of his adventures on these tours. The book is as much about discovering the people and places of America as it is about the lecture tour itself. Beaton visited many cities, including Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Grand Rapids, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, Florida, Boston and Montreal in Canada. Each destination had a different hotel, a different audience, a different culture and a different taxi driver. Through his anecdotes and stories Beaton explores the individuality of the different States and revels in the vastness of the America experience less