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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811663603321

Autore

Cox Jim <1939->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4766-1227-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

016.79144/655

016.79144655

Soggetti

Detective and mystery radio program - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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