{"product_id":"dead-air-william-elliott-hazelgrove-9781538187166","title":"Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a warm Halloween Eve, October 30, 1938, during a broadcast of H G. Wells' \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, a twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles held his hands up for radio silence in the CBS studio in New York City while millions of people ran out into the night screaming, grabbed shotguns, drove off in cars, and hid in basements, attics, or anywhere they could find to get away from Martians intent on exterminating the human race. As Welles held up his hands to his fellow actors, musicians, and sound technicians, he turned six seconds of radio silence--dead air--into absolute horror, changing the way the world would view media forever, and making himself one of the most famous men in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDead Air: The Night that Orson Welles Terrified America\u003c\/i\u003e, Willliam Elliot Hazelgrove illustrates for the first time how Orson Welles' broadcast caused massive panic in the United States, convincing listeners across the nation that the end of the World had arrived and even leading military and government officials to become involved. Using newspaper accounts of the broadcast, Hazelgrove shows the true, staggering effect that Welles' opera of panic had on the nation. Beginning with Welles' incredible rise from a young man who lost his parents early to a child prodigy of the stage, \u003ci\u003eDead Air\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a Welles who threw his Hail Mary with \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, knowing full well that obscurity and fame are two sides of the same coin. Hazelgrove demonstrates that Welles' knew he had one shot to grab the limelight before it forever passed him by--and he made it count. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Elliott Hazelgrove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538187167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538187166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"William Elliott Hazelgrove","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024984363263,"sku":"9781538187166","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d47d25b3-bb67-419b-972d-cb86093c0330.jpg?v=1723129693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-air-william-elliott-hazelgrove-9781538187166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}