I Hid It Under the Sheets
Subtitle: Growing Up With Radio (Sports and American Culture)
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: October 19, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780826216205
Subjects: Popular culture; Radio; Radio broadcasting; History; Biography & Autobiography; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Social aspects; Radio - History & Criticism; Artists, Architects, Photographers; United States
First sentence: Back in the 1940s in Brooklyn, where I lived with my mother, grandparents, and uncle, we had a Freed-Eisemann radio.
Description: "Personal narrative that documents radio's impact on American culture and values in the late 1930s, 1940s, and the early 1950s. Mentions the Lone Ranger, The Fat Man, and The Answer Man, and shows how important radio was to immigrants seeking to become a part of the American experience"--Provided by publisher.