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The Magic Window:
American Television, 1939-1953
by James Von Schilling (Haworth Press, 2002)
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From baseball to Berle to
Howdy Doody, explore the early years of American television! This fascinating book tells the story of how TV became popular
in the U.S. after its debut at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
The Magic Window focuses
on the people, events, and performances that were televised from 1939 to 1953, as well as the business, politics, and technology
of early TV. |
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“A FASCINATING GLIMPSE
into that forgotten time when television was in its infancy....Thoroughly researched and well documented, this book is A HANDY
REFERENCE TOOL FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF BROADCAST HISTORY.” |
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Paul F. Gullifor, Bradley University |
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“WELL RESEARCHED
AND WRITTEN....Will delight those who recall the formative years and intrigue those who missed them. Covering a multitude
of people, events, and performances, this book WILL DELIGHT AND INFORM a nation that has entered, in the new millennium, the
Television Age.” |
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Marshall E. Fishwick, Virginia Tech |
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