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Waging The war of the worlds : a history of the 1938 radio broadcast and resulting panic, including the original script
- Title
- Waging The war of the worlds : a history of the 1938 radio broadcast and resulting panic, including the original script / John Gosling ; radio script by Howard Koch.
- Author
- Gosling, John, 1967-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Koch, Howard.
- Description
- x, 237 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "This book examines the historic broadcast in-depth. Chapters also look at later broadcasts in the United States, Latin America, Brazil and Portugal, and address the likelihood that a similar panic could happen again. The original script of the 1938 The War of the Worlds radio broadcast, written by Howard Koch, is included"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Contents
- God of war : a brief history of Mars in the mind of man -- Mars attacks : H.G. Wells declares war -- Orson Welles : larger than life -- Preparing to end the world : the making of the broadcast -- War : 8 p.m., October 30, 1938 -- "It's just a radio show" : dispatches from the front lines -- The fog of war : what really happened? -- Smoke and mirrors : why the panic? -- Animosities and rapprochements : the aftermath of war -- The Latin American front : the Martians return -- SOS from Caratinga : Brazil battles the Martians -- The European theater of operations : paralysis in Portugal -- "It's not a meteor, Henry" : the second American campaign -- Mars 2, Brazil 0 : the siege of São Luís -- Peril in Providence : the last American campaign -- The final campaigns : Portugal 1988 and 1998 -- Remembering 1938 : an American myth -- Envious eyes : could it happen again?
- Call Number
- MWGI 10-877
- ISBN
- 9780786441051 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786441054 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009025945
- OCLC
- YBP 2009025945
- Author
- Gosling, John, 1967-
- Title
- Waging The war of the worlds : a history of the 1938 radio broadcast and resulting panic, including the original script / John Gosling ; radio script by Howard Koch.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Added Author
- Koch, Howard. Invasion from Mars.
- Research Call Number
- MWGI 10-877