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Arthur Godfrey : the adventures of an American broadcaster / by Arthur J. Singer.
Van Pelt Library PN1991.4.G6 S57 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singer, Arthur J., 1939-2024.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Godfrey, Arthur, 1903-1983.
- Godfrey, Arthur.
- Radio broadcasters--United States--Biography.
- Radio broadcasters.
- United States.
- Television personalities--United States--Biography.
- Television personalities.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]
- Contents:
- 1 The Family Roller Coaster 5
- 2 Runaway 11
- 3 Radio Operator, U.S. Navy 15
- 4 On the Road Again 22
- 5 Red Godfrey, the Warbling Banjoist 26
- 6 NBC's Tuxedoed Announcer 31
- 7 The Fortuitous Accident 34
- 8 The Godfrey Way 38
- 9 A Call from Walter Winchell 44
- 10 Washington Days 49
- 11 Radio's Fly Boy 56
- 12 The Washington-New York Shuttle 61
- 13 Arthur Godfrey Time: Finally the Network 67
- 14 Talent Scouts: Prime Time Godfrey 74
- 15 Settling In 79
- 16 Television: CBS and Godfrey Take the Plunge 86
- 17 Everything a First 92
- 18 All the Little Godfreys 100
- 19 Selling Products, Building Companies 115
- 20 Life at the Top 124
- 21 Trouble in Paradise 136
- 22 The La Rosa Affair 144
- 23 In the Wake 156
- 24 Transitioning 163
- 25 Cancer: Grace and Courage 176
- 26 Not in the Cards 183
- 27 Radio Days Again 187
- 28 Ecology, a New Passion 198
- 29 The Last Network Radio Show 206
- 30 Crusading 212
- 31 The Last Television Show 218
- 32 King of the Airwaves 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786407042
- OCLC:
- 41612469
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