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Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America
- Title
- Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / Gail Jarrow.
- Author
- Jarrow, Gail
- Publication
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 139 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- Describes the panic induced when listeners believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" to be news of an alien invasion, discussing the context in which the broadcast was aired and why it was so convincing.
- Subjects
- Radio broadcasting
- War of the worlds (Radio program)
- Radio broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Media Studies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Performing Arts > Television & Radio
- War of the worlds (Radio program) > Juvenile literature
- Science fiction radio programs > Psychological aspects > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > 20th Century
- Instructional and educational works
- United States
- History
- 1900-1999
- Hoaxes in mass media > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-134) and index.
- Contents
- Haunted on Halloween Eve -- Mercury rises -- Taking to the air -- Blood-red planet -- Plotting the invasion -- The final day -- The attack -- Panic -- "Wreckage" -- It's all over -- Extra! Extra! Read all about it! -- Dear Mr. Welles -- Fallout -- Dear FCC -- "Too darn realistic" -- Soft landing.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-900
- ISBN
- 9781629797762
- 1629797766
- LCCN
- 2018933314
- OCLC
- 1011610853
- Author
- Jarrow, Gail, author.
- Title
- Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / Gail Jarrow.
- Publisher
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-134) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-900