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Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An anecdotal history of radio, set against the backdrop of the rise of America's new youth culture from the 1950s through the 1970s, reveals how the older radio technology survived the onslaught of American television by becoming a key factor in the battle between generations.
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