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Author:   Tony Silvia
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780786430666

ISBN 10:   0786430664
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   02 July 2007
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Dewayne Staats      Introduction      Part I. Imagination at Play: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Process 1. Long Distance Dreams: Baseball and Early Radio      2. Tall Tales and Recreations: Radio, Baseball, and Manufactured Reality      3. A Dark Room Deep in the Woods: Radio and Baseball in Fiction and Nonfiction      Part II. Imagination at Work: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Voice 4. Radio’s Pioneer of Poetic License: Gordon McLendon      5. Spellbinding Storyteller: Radio’s “Other” Stern      6. Casting a Magic Spell: Graham McNamee, Red Barber, and Mel Allen      Part III. Imagination at Home: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Listener 7. The Listener’s Club: Radio, Baseball, and a Sense of Community      8. A New Community: Radio, Baseball, and Bloggers      9. A New Field of Play: Radio, Baseball, and the Future      Chapter Notes      Appendix A: Recordings of Radio Broadcasts in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library      Appendix B: Gordon McLendon Recordings in the Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University Library      Appendix C: Gordon McLendon’s Call of Bobby Thomson’s Famous “Shot Heard Round the World” (October 3, 1951)      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

“a lot of enjoyment”—DX News; “enjoyable and engaging”—Nordic Sport Science Forum.

a lot of enjoyment --DX News enjoyable and engaging --Nordic Sport Science Forum.

a lot of enjoyment --DX News; enjoyable and engaging --Nordic Sport Science Forum.

Author Information

Tony Silvia is professor emeritus of journalism and digital communication at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg and had a long career in broadcast journalism. He is the author of seven other titles, including four with McFarland. He lives in Little Compton, Rhode Island and Dunedin, Florida.

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