
Lum and Abner
Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio
Randal L. Hall(Author)
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 7. September 2007
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-8131-2469-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1930s radio stations filled the airwaves with programs about rural Americans struggling through the Great Depression. One of the most popular of these shows was Lum and Abner, the brainchild of two young businessmen from Arkansas. Chester "Chet" Lauck and Norris "Tuffy" Goff based Pine Ridge, the community they created on the air, on the hamlet of Waters, Arkansas. The title characters, who are farmers, local officials, and keepers of the Jot 'Em Down Store, manage to entangle themselves in a variety of hilarious dilemmas. In Lum and Abner: Rural America and the golden Age of Radio, historian Randal L. Hall contributes an extended introduction explaining the history and importance of the program, its creators, and its national audience and then presents a treasure trove of twenty-nine previously unavailable scripts from the show's earliest period.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
14 photos
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-2469-8 (9780813124698)
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Person
Randal L. Hall, managing editor of the Journal of Southern History at Rice University, is the author of William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South.
Content
The Morgan Affair and Its Consequences
The Origins of Antimasonry
Beginnings in New York, 1827-1829
New York, 1830-1835
Wirt's Presidential Candidacy of 1832
Vermont, 1829-1836
The "Union" Ticket of 1832
Pennsylvania, 1834-1843
Massachusetts, 1828-1836
Coalition Politics in Rhode Island
Coalitions on the Periphery
The Elections of 1836 and 1840
The Blessed Spirit
The Origins of Antimasonry
Beginnings in New York, 1827-1829
New York, 1830-1835
Wirt's Presidential Candidacy of 1832
Vermont, 1829-1836
The "Union" Ticket of 1832
Pennsylvania, 1834-1843
Massachusetts, 1828-1836
Coalition Politics in Rhode Island
Coalitions on the Periphery
The Elections of 1836 and 1840
The Blessed Spirit