Radio Rides the Range A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929-1967 |
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| Editor:
| French, Jack
Siegel, David S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7146-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95USD $5.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programmes portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, to generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era. Each entry describes the series, the extent to which it was based on actual facts, the audience it was written for, and its broadcast history. The descriptions also examine how the programmes reflected society's changing social and cultural attitudes.
This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programmes portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, to generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era. Each entry describes the series, the extent to which it was based on actual facts, the audience it was written for, and its broadcast history. The descriptions also examine how the programmes reflected society's changing social and cultural attitudes.