Dead air : the night that Orson Welles terrified America
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
791.4472/HAZELGROVE,W
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
DESCRIPTION
xxi, 249 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781538187166, 1538187167 :, 1538187167, 9781538187166
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"On Halloween Eve 1938, Orson Welles put on a radio play of 'War of the Worlds' and terrorized an uneasy American public on the brink of World War II, perpetuating the greatest hoax in history and changing media forever. This book brings to life this fateful night and follows the life and career of Welles before and after the historic broadcast"--