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1) Aliens are coming!: the true account of the 1938 War of the worlds radio broadcast

Author

McCarthy, Meghan

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

2006

Language

English

2) The night the Martians landed: just the facts (plus the rumors) about invaders from Mars

Author

Krull, Kathleen

Publisher

HarperTrophy

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Recounts the night before Halloween in 1938 when a fake news broadcast about invading Martians sent radio listeners around the country into a panic, and examines why so many people confused entertainment with reality.

3) Spooked!: how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America

Author

Jarrow, Gail

Publisher

Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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Describes the panic induced when listeners believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" to be news of an alien invasion, discussing the context in which the broadcast was aired and why it was so convincing.

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1) Aliens are coming!: the true account of the 1938 War of the worlds radio broadcast

2) The night the Martians landed: just the facts (plus the rumors) about invaders from Mars

3) Spooked!: how a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America

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