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Author
Jarrow, Gail, author.
Title
Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and The war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America / Gail Jarrow.
Publication Info.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
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PHS Non-Fiction
791.44 Jarrow
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Pittsburg 1st Fl Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA 791.44 Jar
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Edition
First edition.
Description
139 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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War of the worlds (Radio program) -- Juvenile literature.
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
War of the worlds (Radio program).
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN
9781629797762
1629797766
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