Editors French (retired FBI) and Siegel (radio memorabilia collector) offer this niche encyclopedia of radio Westerns airing between the Great Depression and the late 1960s. After prefatory
material characterizing the role of radio and cowboy stories during this time period, each radio program receives between half a page to several pages in the main body, mainly taken up by plot
description, writer biography, and notes on cultural significance such as included advertising. Each entry catalogs, if known, the network, format, duration of run, sponsor, number of surviving
audio recordings, and location of archived scripts for the show. Appendices extensively document sources and further information about the research process followed in compiling the book.
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