Full Description
This narrative contains the documentation and interpretation of two imaginative pastimes (radio and baseball) and illuminates each in a unique manner. It integrates radio and baseball historically, sociologically, and culturally using the common themes of imaginative expression. This book is a unique approach into the magic of radio's imaginative power. Broadcasting baseball on the radio has brought many millions of Americans an imaginative link to a game that is built upon recollections of athletic achievement that ring far truer in our "sweet imaginations." Through the use of our imaginations, we can see the game itself as more than just a game, but a gateway to an imaginative realm beyond the reality of everyday life.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Dewayne Staats
Introduction
Part I. Imagination at Play: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Process
1. Long Distance Dreams: Baseball and Early Radio
2. Tall Tales and Recreations: Radio, Baseball, and Manufactured Reality
3. A Dark Room Deep in the Woods: Radio and Baseball in Fiction and Nonfiction
Part II. Imagination at Work: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Voice
4. Radio's Pioneer of Poetic License: Gordon McLendon
5. Spellbinding Storyteller: Radio's "Other" Stern
6. Casting a Magic Spell: Graham McNamee, Red Barber, and Mel Allen
Part III. Imagination at Home: Radio, Baseball and the Creative Listener
7. The Listener's Club: Radio, Baseball, and a Sense of Community
8. A New Community: Radio, Baseball, and Bloggers
9. A New Field of Play: Radio, Baseball, and the Future
Chapter Notes
Appendix A: Recordings of Radio Broadcasts in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
Appendix B: Gordon McLendon Recordings in the Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University Library
Appendix C: Gordon McLendon's Call of Bobby Thomson's Famous "Shot Heard Round the World" (October 3, 1951)
Bibliography
Index
