Lum and Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio

by Randal L. Hall

In the 1930s radio stations filled the airwaves with programs and musical performances about rural Americans-farmers and small-town residents struggling through the Great Depression. One of the most popular of these shows was Lum and Abner, the brainchild of Chester "Chet" Lauck and Norris "Tuffy" Goff, two young businessmen from Arkansas. Beginning in 1931 and lasting for more than two decades, the show revolved around the lives of ordinary people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124697
• ISBN13: 9780813124698
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"