Baseball over the air
Subtitle: the national pastime on the radio and in the imagination
By: Tony Silvia ; foreword by Dewayne Staats.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786430666
Subjects: Radio and baseball -- History
Description: "This narrative contains the documentation and interpretation of two imaginative pastimes (radio and baseball) and illuminates each in a unique manner. It integrates radio and baseball historically, sociologically, and culturally using the common themes of imaginative expression. This book is a unique approach into the magic of radio's imaginative power"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Long distance dreams : baseball and early radio; title: Tall tales and recreations : radio, baseball, and manufactured reality; title: A dark room deep in the woods : radio and baseball in fiction and nonfiction; title: Radio's pioneer of poetic license : Gordon McLendon; title: Spellbinding storyteller : radio's "other" Stern; title: Casting a magic spell : Graham McNamee, Red Barber, and Mel Allen; title: The listener's club : radio, baseball, and a sense of community; title: A new community : radio, baseball, and bloggers; title: A new field of play : radio, baseball, and the future.