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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.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Calkins Creekan imprint of Highlights,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

139 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

War of the worlds (Radio program)--Juvenile literature.
Science fiction radio programs--Psychological aspects--Juvenile literature.
Radio broadcasting--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Hoaxes in mass media--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1629797766
9781629797762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1011610853

LCCN:

2018933314

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