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Author:
Gallop, Alan.
Title:
The Martians are coming! : the true story of Orson Welles' 1938 panic broadcast / Alan Gallop.
Publisher:
Amberley,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
159 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Welles, Orson,--1915-1985.
Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946.--War of the worlds.
War of the worlds (Radio program)
Radio broadcasting--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-159).
Summary:
It was Halloween 1938 when twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles fooled America into thinking it had been invaded by aliens. The Mercury Theatre on the Air production of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds has become one of the most talked-about broadcasts in the history of the radio. It resulted in mass panic across America.
ISBN:
1445602237 (hbk)
9781445602233 (hbk)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)747683451
LCCN:
2011456530
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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