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"Called ""The Poet Laureate of Radio"" by critics, Norman Corwin was the top writer at CBS when CBS reigned supreme in radio, and when radio itself dominated public attention. This biography tells the story of Norman's unlikely rise from a triple-decker tenement on Bremen Street in East Boston to the top rung of radio writers during the Golden Age of Radio. A self-taught writer who never graduated from high school, he learned what audiences craved, and he gave it to them. His nuanced ""theater of the mind"" dramas, tender love stories, and witty comedies were hits talked about long after they were broadcast, and, when his scripts were published, became bestsellers. The week after Pearl Harbor, Norman's show ""We Hold These Truths"" was broadcast to the largest radio audience ever. His V-E Day broadcast on May 8, 1945, ""On a Note of Triumph,"" made a similarly enduring mark and still constitutes the gold standard for wartime drama."

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Author:   Wayne Soini
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781476686417

ISBN 10:   1476686416
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   27 September 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Author’s Note Norman’s December Surprise: “We Hold These Truths” Part One: Norman to Nineteen (1910–1929) A “Tough Kid” in Eastie Three Arts and a Boy His Father’s Business His Mother’s Boy Norman’s First War Story Norman Types and Discovers Radio No Bar Mitzvah for Norman Winthrop Restart in High School The “Lost Year” and Greenfield Greenfield and Its Paper Meeting Heywood Broun See Him When in New York? 1928, After Broun Springfield Norman Proposes to His Coauthor Enter “Jumbo” Part Two: Norman in His Twenties (1930–1939) Taking a Reading in 1930 The Tragedy and Norman’s Resolution Innocents Abroad, 1931 The “Interruption” Hits and Misses He’s Back Trouble in Paradise Norman’s Roller Coaster Poetic License CBS Norman Corwin’s Words Without Music A Book for Mr. McKenzie “Seems Radio Is Here to Stay” Curley and Pursuit of Happiness “Ballad for Americans” Hollywood “To Tim at Twenty” Part Three: Norman to Age Forty (1940–1950) Requiem for Alfred Eisner 26 by Corwin Washington This Is War! England “The Long Name That None Could Spell” Columbia Presents Corwin “On a Note of Triumph” Kate Postwar to 1950 Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Wayne Soini is a retired labor lawyer living in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He has researched and written six nonfiction books.

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