Reinehr and Swartz previously coauthored the Handbook of Old- Time Radio: A Comprehensive Guide to Golden Age Radio Listening and Collecting (Scarecrow, 1993). The retired psychologists
affiliated with Southwestern U. in Georgetown, Texas, pay play further tribute to the golden age of radio, 1926- 1960, the most popular entertainment and information medium until supplanted by
television. Following a chronology, historical overview of radio networks and pre-network radio broadcasting, A-Z entries on old-time radio (OTR) range cover its aesthetic, technical, and
organizational aspects and its leading personalities (e.g., ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, featured on the cover). The extensive bibliography includes notes about
Internet sources and CDs devoted to OTR. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
