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In the 1929 general election, Churchill retained his Epping seat but the Conservatives were
defeated and MacDonald formed his second Labour government.[335] Out of office, he began work
on Marlborough: His Life and Times, a four-volume biography of his ancestor John Churchill, 1st
Duke of Marlborough.[336] Hoping that the Labour government could be ousted, he gained
Baldwin's approval to work towards establishing a Conservative-Liberal coalition, although many
Liberals were reticent.[336] In August he travelled to Canada with his brother and son, giving
speeches in Ottawa and Toronto, before traveling through the United States.[337] In San Francisco
he met with William Randolph Hearst, who convinced Churchill to write for his
newspapers;[338] in Hollywood he dined with the film star Charlie Chaplin.[339] From there he
travelled through the Mojave Desert to the Grand Canyon and then to Chicago and finally New
York City.[339]
Churchill meeting with film star Charlie Chaplin in Los Angeles in 1929