A comprehensive encyclopedia to more than 100 radio programs portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, from 1929-1967.
Edited by Jack French and David S. Siegel Foreword by Will “Sugarfoot” Hutchins
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-7146-1 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-1254-6
"This sorely needed book will help document the radio westerns." Fran Striker, Jr., son of the creator of the Lone Ranger.
Each entry describes:
- the series
- the extent to which it was based on actual facts
- the audience it was written for
- its broadcast history
- the availability of surviving audio copies and original scripts
- how the program reflected society's changing social and cultural attitudes towards
racial and ethnic minorities and the role of women
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