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This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programs portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, heard by generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era. The book includes both the popular and lesser known series, as well as would-be offerings that never made it past the audition stage. Each entry describes the series, the extent to which it was based on actual facts, the audience it was written for, and its broadcast history. The descriptions also examine how the programs reflected society's changing social and cultural attitudes towards racial and ethnic minorities and the role of women. The availability of surviving audio copies and original scripts is noted. An extensive bibliography and several appendices provide additional sources of information about Western programming during the Golden Age of Radio.

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Radio Rides the Range A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air 19291967 Jack French David S Siegel Foreword by Will Hutchins 9780786471461 Books Reviews :

Radio Rides the Range A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air 19291967 Jack French David S Siegel Foreword by Will Hutchins 9780786471461 Books Reviews

• I don't know about anyone else, but when I was younger, I was a western fan to beat all western fans. If John Wayne was at the local theater, I had to see it and,of course, the double feature, which was a Saturday afternoon ritual. The westerns on the radio also held my interest. And so, making sure my chores were taken care of, I would find myself with ears glued to our Atwater Kent listening to every hoofbeat and gunshot. Later in life, while serving my country in Korea, Armed Forces Radio Services kept me in touch with Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Tales of the Texas Rangers and other programs.
  So it was a treat to find the information of who starred in the shows, and how they came about. Radio Rides The Range is a very informative encyclopedia that describes each series, and also it's broadcast history.
  The authors, Siegel and French, left no stone unturned when they investigated western radio programs. I would challenge anyone to find a more complete reference book. This, and French' s " Private Eyelashes", about female cops and PI' s on radio, are the best reference books on the market today. I recommend them, sincerely.
• I am a big fan of Old-Time-Radio and grateful to these two OTR historians who are among the best of the genre. One can rely on the information they provide, and those who carry the torch have been provided great starting places - namely filling in the blanks for those western programs that are known to have existed but for which there is no information except a name. This is a well-written, and researched book which should be a must-have reference source for all old-time radio researchers.
• EXELANT WESTERN RADIO ANTHOLOGY
• It was cool to read about all the old shows. I bought this for my 73 year old dad and he loved reading about all the shows he grew up on.
• Not what I thought it would be. Its mostly a compendium of every cowboy radio show from day 1. I was looking more for a richer history behind the cowboy shows. This is not it.
• Despite the historic popularity of Western radio drama, there has never been one volume to encompass them all. RADIO RIDES THE RANGE is a reference guide to cowboy dramas on the air from 1929 to 1967. More than 100 dramatic radio programs are documented, with careful selection of the programs. Jack French and Dave Siegel chose to avoid programs designated as all-music (GRAND OL' OPRY is one such example). Western frontiersman such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were dismissed. Programs such as DAKOTA DAYS and CHISHOLM TRAIL had insufficient data to be classified and included. What the authors/editors chose to do was include five basic types of Western dramas anthology programs such as EMPIRE BUILDERS and FRONTIER FIGHTERS; juvenile adventure dramas such as HOPALONG CASSIDY and THE LONE RANGER; legend and lore such as CHIEF GREY WOLF and RED GOOSE INDIAN TALES; adult Westerns such as GUNSMOKE and FRONTIER GENTLEMAN; and soap operas such as LONE JOURNEY and CACTUS KATE.
  
  The book proves to be an education Examples? The portrayal of Mexicans and American Indians, how stereotyping began to change during World War II, how children programs began painting a picture of racial intolerance, and the portrayal of American Indians from heavies to sidekicks. One program I was not familiar with was LIGHT ON THE WEST, where a woman played the role of a law enforcement officer. Women played minor roles in radio Westerns, primarily as love interests, schoolmarms or victimized widows. The plight and progress of women in the West is chronicled throughout the book.
  
  A pleasant surprise Will Hutchins, Tom Brewster of television's SUGARFOOT, submitted a great foreword, both enthusiastic and praising of radio drama and the book.
  
  With over 100 entries, a tome of this scope is more difficult than a book focused on a single subject. Jack French and Dave Siegel recognized that no one person can put together such a book without errors slipping, so they consulted historians (myself included, full disclosure, for two entries) and researchers who would devote long hours of research and ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this book. A total of 36 submissions were received from 20 contributors, with Jack and Dave authoring about 60 entries. Some of the entries were obviously created with only one or two sources such as a VARIETY review or a newspaper clipping. Other entries were created by fans of the program who devoted considerable amount of their writeup citing the cast (probably because content and script information was not available). Among the impressive entries were J. David Goldin's TALES OF THE DIAMOND K (1951), Goldin's HOOFBEATS (1936-37), Stan Claussen's FRONTIER TOWN (1949-53), Jack and Dave's RANCH HOUSE JIM (1943-44), and Ryan Ellett's LIFE ON RED HORSE RANCH (1935-36).
  
  Perhaps the most beneficial aspect of this book is the inclusion of radio programs where no surviving recordings exist, or which very few recordings are known to exist. Thankfully, with but one or two entries where the contributors chose to "speculate" rather than "verify" the contents of a radio program where recordings are sparse, the entire book stays focused on the facts. (It bugs me when I read books that mistake speculation for facts and mislead the readers.) For the rarities, print documentation was used to fill in a gap that was sorely needed. This reason, among all reasons, is why this book provides a major contribution to the preservation of old-time radio. "It will definitely be a strong asset in any reference repository, whether in a large public library or just the book shelf of a collector," Jack told me. That just about fits the bill.