Informationen zum Autor Mike Adams has been a radio personality and a filmmaker. He is a professor emeritus of radio, television and film at San Jose State University, where he has been department chair and associate dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts. He is the author of six books and the creator of two award-winning documentaries for PBS. He lives in Scotts Valley, California. Klappentext Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young people together. They gathered in basements to build crystal sets. They built transmitters and talked to each other across neighborhoods, cities and states. By 1920, there was music on the air and boys and girls tuned in on homemade radios, often inspired by their favorite stories. This book analyzes more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction, offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values, attitudes, culture and technology of a century ago are discussed, many of them still debated today, including immigration, gun violence and guns on campus, race, bullying and economic inequality. Zusammenfassung Examines more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction! offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values! attitudes! culture and technology of a century ago are discussed! along with issues still debated today! including immigration! gun violence! race! bullying and economic inequality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Christopher H. SterlingPrefaceIntroductionReading and Defining Juvenile Fiction 91. The Radio Century delete The Four Eras 13 The First Era-Wired Communication 14 The Second Era-Wireless Communication 16 The Third Era-Transition from Wireless to Radio 17 The Fourth Era and the Importance of 1922 172. The Writers of Juvenile Fiction delete The Stratemeyer Syndicate 26 A Ghost Story 32 The Press, the Preachers, the Professors 35 John Trowbridge 35 Horatio Alger, Jr. 36 H. Irving Hancock 37 John Henry Goldfrap 38 Howard Garis 38 Richard Bonner 39 James R. Driscoll 39 L.P. Wyman 40 Wayne Whipple and S.F. Aaron 40 James Craig 41 A. Hyatt Verrill 41 J.W. Duffield 42 Gerald Breckenridge 42 Publishers 44 Illustrations 463. The First Era: Telegraph and Telephone Fiction delete The Electrical Boy 49 Three Boys on an Electrical Boat 52 Bound to Be an Electrician 57 Telegraph Tom's Venture 61 Tom the Telephone Boy 63 The Telegraph Boy 66 The Boy Scout Electricians; or, The Hidden Dynamö704. The Second Era: Wireless delete The Story of a Wireless Telegraph Boy 74 The Motorboat Club and the Wireless 77 Tom Swift and His Wireless Message 80 The Boys of the Wireless 85 Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 90 The Motor Rangers Wireless Station 95 The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic 1005. The Third Era: The Transition to RadioThe Talking Wireless 104 The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone 104 The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service 108 The Radio Detectives 113 The Radio Boys in the Secret Service 116 The Radio Boys Under the Seä120 The Golden Boys Rescued by Radiö123 Radio Boys Loyalty 126 The ­Radio-Phone Boys: Curlie Carson Listens In 1316. The Fourth Era (I): The Syndicate Boys and GirlsThe Radio Boys and Radio Girls 136 The Radio Boys' First Wireless 137 The Radio Boys at Ocean Point 141 The Radio Boys at the Sending Station 146 The Radio Girls of Roselawn 150 The Radio Girls on the Program 155 The Radio Girls on Station Island 1587. The Fourth Era (II): The Breckenridge Radio BoysThe Breckenridge Radio Boys Series 164 The Radio Boys on the ...

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Mike Adams has been a radio personality and a filmmaker. He is a professor emeritus of radio, television and film at San Jose State University, where he has been department chair and associate dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts. He is the author of six books and the creator of two award-winning documentaries for PBS. He lives in Scotts Valley, California.

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Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young people together. They gathered in basements to build crystal sets. They built transmitters and talked to each other across neighborhoods, cities and states. By 1920, there was music on the air and boys and girls tuned in on homemade radios, often inspired by their favorite stories. This book analyzes more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction, offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values, attitudes, culture and technology of a century ago are discussed, many of them still debated today, including immigration, gun violence and guns on campus, race, bullying and economic inequality.

Zusammenfassung
Examines more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction, offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values, attitudes, culture and technology of a century ago are discussed, along with issues still debated today, including immigration, gun violence, race, bullying and economic inequality.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Christopher H. Sterling
Preface
Introduction
Reading and Defining Juvenile Fiction 9

1. The Radio Century delete
   The Four Eras 13 The First Era-Wired Communication 14 The Second Era-Wireless Communication 16 The Third Era-Transition from Wireless to Radio 17 The Fourth Era and the Importance of 1922 17
2. The Writers of Juvenile Fiction delete
   The Stratemeyer Syndicate 26 A Ghost Story 32 The Press, the Preachers, the Professors 35 John Trowbridge 35 Horatio Alger, Jr. 36 H. Irving Hancock 37 John Henry Goldfrap 38 Howard Garis 38 Richard Bonner 39 James R. Driscoll 39 L.P. Wyman 40 Wayne Whipple and S.F. Aaron 40 James Craig 41 A. Hyatt Verrill 41 J.W. Duffield 42 Gerald Breckenridge 42 Publishers 44 Illustrations 46
3. The First Era: Telegraph and Telephone Fiction delete
   The Electrical Boy 49 Three Boys on an Electrical Boat 52 Bound to Be an Electrician 57 Telegraph Tom's Venture 61 Tom the Telephone Boy 63 The Telegraph Boy 66 The Boy Scout Electricians; or, The Hidden Dynamö70
4. The Second Era: Wireless delete
   The Story of a Wireless Telegraph Boy 74 The Motorboat Club and the Wireless 77 Tom Swift and His Wireless Message 80 The Boys of the Wireless 85 Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 90 The Motor Rangers Wireless Station 95 The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic 100
5. The Third Era: The Transition to Radio
   The Talking Wireless 104 The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone 104 The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service 108 The Radio Detectives 113 The Radio Boys in the Secret Service 116 The Radio Boys Under the Seä120 The Golden Boys Rescued by Radiö123 Radio Boys Loyalty 126 The ­Radio-Phone Boys: Curlie Carson Listens In 131
6. The Fourth Era (I): The Syndicate Boys and Girls
   The Radio Boys and Radio Girls 136 The Radio Boys' First Wireless 137 The Radio Boys at Ocean Point 141 The Radio Boys at the Sending Station 146 The Radio Girls of Roselawn 150 The Radio Girls on the Program 155 The Radio Girls on Station Island 158
7. The Fourth Era (II): The Breckenridge Radio Boys
   The Breckenridge Radio Boys Series 164 The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border 164 The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty 172 The Radio Boys with the Border Patrol 176 The Radio Boys as Soldiers of Fortune 180 The Radio Boys with the Air Patrol 184
8. Post-Depression Era Radio Stor…