Lum and Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio (New Directions in Southern History). Randal L. Hall

Lum and Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio (New Directions in Southern History)



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Language: English
Page: 280
ISBN: 0813124697, 9780813172781

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""As a longtime fan of the wonderful comedy team of Lum and Abner, I couldn't be more pleased with Randal L. Hall's new book, which captures the true 'characters' behind the characters. Mr. Hall effectively highlights the social importance and social contributions of the program and its stars, Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, recognizing that the duo did more than simply entertain radio audiences across the nation; they also accurately introduced Southern culture to many areas of the country unfamiliar with it. By including a number of the original scripts as well, Hall provides listeners with their own opportunity to see (and speak) the language of Lum and Abner." --Greg Bell, host of XM Satellite Radio's Old Time Radio channel 164" --

""An original look at mass culture and rural America during the 1930s through the lens of one of the most popular radio programs of all time." --Lu Ann Jones, author of Mama Learned Us to Work: Farm Women in the New South" --

""A delightful and engaging study of one of the rare national radio shows that explored rural themes.... Instead of portraying the hillbilly as a degenerate and violent drunkard and rube, the southern mountaineer of Lum and Abner was forward-looking, likable, ambitious, and authentically rural. The show may have tapped the audience's attraction to what Hall calls 'mountain exoticism,' but it did so in a way that celebrated rural values and character." --Melissa Walker, author of Southern Farmers and Their Stories: Memory and Meanin" --

""Hall shows how Lum and Abner gave dignity to a group of people, the 'hillbillies,' that were otherwise maligned and stereotyped by other radio programs of the era." --Carl E. Feather, Cleveland (OH) Star Beacon" --

""Hall offers a rare scholarly discussion of Lauck and Goff's successful radio duo, as well as ruminations on the show's symbolic role during an era of sweeping change for rural Americans." --Arkansas Historical Quarterly" --

""The book contains nearly 300 pages of joy for radio history fans." --Radio Recall" --

""Randal Hall is a perceptive interpreter and introducer of the lessons." --David Stricklin,Southwest Historical Quarterly" --

""Lum & Abner attains Hall's goal of recapturing a time when radio entertainment was vital and important to United States culture. [The book] is entertaining, informative, and enjoyable. Just like the radio program." --John H. Barnhill, Material Culture" --

About the Author

Randal L. Hall, managing editor of the Journal of Southern History at Rice University, is the author of William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South.



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