Radio crime fighters : more than 300 programs from the golden age / Jim Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Jim, 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery radio program--United States--Catalogs.

Detective and mystery radio program.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air d

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; The Series; Appendix: Series Grouped by Character and Genre Types; Annotated Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"The present work is a reprint of the illustrated case bound edition of Radio crime fighters : more than 300 programs from the golden age, first published in 2002 by McFarland"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4766-1227-7