Baseball over the air : the national pastime on the radio and in the imagination / Tony Silvia ; foreword by Dewayne Staats.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silvia, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio and baseball--History.

Radio and baseball.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2007]

Summary:

"This narrative contains the documentation and interpretation of two imaginative pastimes (radio and baseball) and illuminates each in a unique manner. It integrates radio and baseball historically, sociologically, and culturally using the common themes of imaginative expression. This book is a unique approach into the magic of radio's imaginative power"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Long distance dreams : baseball and early radio

Tall tales and recreations : radio, baseball, and manufactured reality

A dark room deep in the woods : radio and baseball in fiction and nonfiction

Radio's pioneer of poetic license : Gordon McLendon

Spellbinding storyteller : radio's "other" Stern

Casting a magic spell : Graham McNamee, Red Barber, and Mel Allen

The listener's club : radio, baseball, and a sense of community

A new community : radio, baseball, and bloggers

A new field of play : radio, baseball, and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780786430666

0786430664

OCLC:

124031801