Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / Gail Jarrow.
Jarrow, Gail, author.
2018
PN1991.77.W3 J37 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / Gail Jarrow.
Author
Jarrow, Gail, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781629797762 (hardcover)
1629797766 (hardcover)
Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
Language
English
Description
139 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Call Number
PN1991.77.W3 J37 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.43
791.44/72
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-134) and index.
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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.

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