Norman Corwin is regarded as the most acclaimed creative artist of radio s Golden Age (mid 1930s to late 1940s).Corwin worked as a producer for CBS at a time when radio was the centerpiece of American family life.His programs brought high moments to the medium during a period when exceptional creativity and world crisis shaped its character and conviction.Bannerman s book is more than biography: it is also social history the story of network radio, its great achievements and ultimate decline.Many of Corwin s programs are considered radio classics.During World War II his programs energized...
Norman Corwin is regarded as the most acclaimed creative artist of radio s Golden Age (mid 1930s to late 1940s).Corwin worked as a producer for CBS...
"The book captures an important legal and historical moment and conveys a powerful social message." In the deep South during the early fifties, a promising young high school graduate's hope to attend college is handicapped by family poverty. Joey Henderson, the son of a black sharecropper, eagerly accepts a proposal to meet his educational costs if, for the NAACP, he will attempt to enroll in a local all-white institution (to further the organization's aim to eliminate segregation). Both his parents and his girlfriend Abby disapprove of this bold act and indeed Joey is faced with opposition...
"The book captures an important legal and historical moment and conveys a powerful social message." In the deep South during the early fifties, a prom...
