I hid it under the sheets : growing up with radio / Gerald Eskenazi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eskenazi, Gerald.

Series:

Sports and American culture series.

Sports and American culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--United States--History.

Radio broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Personal narrative that documents radio's impact on American culture and values in the late 1930s, 1940s, and the early 1950s. Mentions the Lone Ranger, The Fat Man, and The Answer Man, and shows how important radio was to immigrants seeking to become a part of the American experience"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 The Box

Chapter 2 Home

Chapter 3 Daytime

Chapter 4 Playing Hooky

Chapter 5 Life Imitating Art

Chapter 6 Weekends

Chapter 7 News

Chapter 8 Why They Mattered

Chapter 9 Good Humor

Chapter 10 Why I Drank That Horrible Ovaltine

Chapter 11 Sports on the Airwaves!

Chapter 12 My Feminine Side

Chapter 13 Fabulous Escapes

Chapter 14 More Magic

Chapter 15 The Opposite Sex

Chapter 16 The Backlash

Chapter 17 Different Time, Different Station.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8262-6489-1

OCLC:

191933857