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Spooked! How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

on August 31, 2019

In this conflicted era of fake news and alternative facts, what could be more timely than an account of Orson Welles’s famous Halloween-Eve radio broadcast that convinced much of America that the Martians were invading? Filled with period photos, art reproductions, newspaper headlines, and quotations.


One Response to “Spooked! How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America”

  1. baty41 says:

    A very, very good nonfiction book. I liked it because it was nonfiction and there are very little nonfiction books on the list. This book is very well written and the author got the nonfiction book aspect just right, mixed with a tiny bit of a story. It actually showed you the radio broadcast’s exact words, which very few nonfiction books do. If you like nonfiction books, this is the book for you!

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