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Most kids today will never know of the fear and the excitement experienced by anyone who lived during the 1930s, a time of turmoil and paranoia if there ever was one. But now kids can experience one of history’s most intriguing events – the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells War of the Worlds that caused utter chaos and turned the nation upside down.
Author Meghan McCarthy, who built her own spaceship in her garage at age six, presents a colorful and delightful account of a very scary night in October of 1938, when CBS radio interrupted dance music with a special broadcast concerning an alien landing in New Jersey. Martians were coming, and as the voice of Orson Welles boomed on radios across the land, people panicked, thinking the broadcast real, and what was intended as a Halloween prank on listeners became one of the most memorable nights in the history of the United States.
Using brightly colored dramatic illustrations that conjure the feeling of the pulp magazines of the 1930s, the author offers up a slice of nostalgia and history in a way both kids and adults can appreciate and enjoy. And if you happened to actually live through that night to remember, McCarthy’s book will no doubt bring a smile to your face - and perhaps a small chill up your spine.
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Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account Of The 1938 War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast