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Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929-1967
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Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929-1967 Paperback - 2013

by Jack French (Editor); David S. Siegel (Editor)


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This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programs portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, heard by generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era. The book includes both the popular and lesser known series, as well as would-be offerings that never made it past the audition stage. 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 programs reflected society's changing social and cultural attitudes towards racial and ethnic minorities and the role of women. The availability of surviving audio copies and original scripts is noted. An extensive bibliography and several appendices provide additional sources of information about Western programming during the Golden Age of Radio.

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  • Title Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929-1967
  • Author Jack French (Editor); David S. Siegel (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 244
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2013-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786471461 / 0786471468
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.8 in (25.15 x 17.53 x 2.03 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Radio programs - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013037402
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.446

About the author

The late Jack French was a retired FBI agent and researched vintage broadcasting for over 40 years. He was the editor of Radio Recall and the author of Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives, which won the Agatha Award. Inducted into the Radio Once More Hall of Fame in 2011, he lived in Fairfax, Virginia. The late David S. Siegel collected golden age of radio broadcasts, scripts, magazines, books and ephemera for 50+ years and had one of the largest radio archives in private hands. He was the editor, author or coauthor of seven books about old time radio and lived in New York.
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