The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice Or Solving a Wireless Mystery
Chapman, Allen. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY Hardcover (1922). Original blue cloth covers, minimal soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Spine darkened. The teenaged protagonists in this series do engage in the standard activities of besting bullies, while impressing the leading citizens -- and their daughters -- in the fictional town of Clintonia, located not too far from New York City. But extracts from the first five books in this series also provide an unusually detailed and technically accurate review of the excitement of the rapid spread of radio broadcasting in 1922. And in The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice they learn about radio communication applications in the forest fire service, while Dr. Dale predicts that: "Radio is yet in its infancy, but one thing is certain. In the lifetime of those who witnessed its birth it will become a giant--but a benevolent giant who, instead of destroying will re-create our civilization." . Media shipping is 3.50
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