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9781476684659
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Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
1476684650
ISBN-13
9781476684659
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050097805

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Radio Psychics : Mind Reading and Fortune Telling in American Broadcasting, 1920-1940
Subject
Radio / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Author
John Benedict Buescher
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2021-036252
Reviews
"The depth of his knowledge is remarkable...thorough research...valuable."-- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research ; "Exceptionally informative and unique contribution to 20th Century American History...highly recommended."-- Midwest Book Review, "Includes details of how powerful radio stations along the border helped former vaudeville actors...some of the most popular radio programs in the United States featured radio psychics...author John Buescher dove deep into this history"-- Texas Standard, The National Daily News Show of Texas
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.446137
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Broadcasts from the Borderland The Mentalist Performance 7 delete* deleteMagicians, Mediums, Magnetists and Astrologers 9 delete* deleteWireless Millennium 23 delete* deleteHuman Radios 36 delete* delete Transmitting Secrets 42 delete* deleteThe Rise and Fall of Radio Mentalism 45 1. First on the Air Hope Eden 49 delete* deleteJulius Zancig 63 delete* deletePaul Kara 68 2. Front Yard Burial Leona Lamar 78 delete* deleteHamid Bey 86 3. Sex Secrets Revealed Signa Serene 93 4. Who Am We? Princess Wahletka 103 delete* deleteJoveddah De Rajah 113 5. Hypnotized by Radio Vishnu and Zinnia 119 delete* deleteCharles Harad 124 6. The Long Blindfold Drive Francill 133 7. Persuaded by Shadows Norman Baker 154 delete* deleteGayle Norman II 168 delete* deletePhenomena 172 8. Spirits of the Air Ethel Duncan 177 delete* deleteAlma and Zandra 183 9. Across the Border ­­Mel-Roy 197 delete* deleteRalph Richards 206 delete* deleteMarjah 216 10. Bank on Belief Koran and Rose Dawn 221 11. A Family of Troupers Alburtus 244 12. Wizards' War Rajah Raboid 267 delete* deletePrincess Yvonne and Doc Irving 286 delete* delete Bob and Larry Nelson 298 13. What the Audience Will Bear Gene Dennis 320 delete* deleteJoseph Dunninger 339 Coda Appendix: Some Other Mentalists in Early Radio Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
From the 1920s, performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. This book is a history of over 25 performers who practiced their art behind studio microphones during the early years of radio broadcasting, from about 1920 to 1940., During the first two decades of commercial radio, edgy magicians and mentalists drew on speculative notions of the universal ether and electromagnetic transmission to explain their alleged ability to read minds and to see into the past, present, and future. Until government pressure backed by public sentiment forced them off the airwaves, they captured a vast audience ready to pay for their dubious advice. This book is a history of 25 or so performers-how they made cash rain from the heavens and harnessed the sensation of the radio in search of wealth, health, love and success. Book jacket., When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent, one tuned to another. Performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. These "mentalists," born from vaudeville, circuses, sideshows, and the Spiritualist and New Thought movements of the mid-late 19th century, used the language of wireless technology to explain their ability to see the past, present, and future. Casting their mystical knowledge as a scientifically honed craft, these mentalists persuaded millions to pay for dubious advice until governmental and public pressures forced them off the air. This book is a history of over 25 performers who practiced their art behind studio microphones during the early years of radio broadcasting, from about 1920 to 1940. Here, laid out for the first time, is the tale of how they made cash rain from the heavens and harnessed the sensation of the radio in search of wealth, health, love, and success.
LC Classification Number
PN1991.8.P79B84 2021

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