Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

It was an ordinary night in October of 1938 until a news bulletin interrupted the dance music on "CBS" radio-aliens were invading the United States! Meghan McCarthy's hilarious "Aliens Are Coming!" tells the true story of the Halloween radio prank that duped much of the country into believing that Martians had invaded. The book uses excerpts from the actual "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast and includes information about the importance of radios in the 1930s (before the time of televisions and computers) as well as facts about Orson Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the novel on which the broadcast was based. "From the Hardcover edition."McCarthy, Meghan is the author of 'Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast', published 2006 under ISBN 9780375935183 and ISBN 0375935185.