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Shadow Files: The War Of The Worlds

Red River Radio | By Dr. Cheryl White
Published February 27, 2020 at 7:45 AM CST
Interior illustration to H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds from reprinting in Amazing Stories, August 1927.
Illustrated by Frank R. Paul
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Interior illustration to H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds from reprinting in Amazing Stories, August 1927.
Dr. Cheryl White
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Dr. Cheryl White
Dr. Cheryl White

Airs Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Cheryl White takes us back to 1938 to look at the facts and fantasy surrounding the broadcast by Orson Wells of "The War Of The Worlds."
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Dr. Cheryl White
Dr. Cheryl White is a Professor of History at LSU Shreveport, where she teaches Medieval and Early Modern Europe as well as British history. Dr. White has also been actively engaged in the field of local history, and she has published numerous books and journal articles. She is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer, and her popular Historic Haunts of Shreveport tours continue to raise funds for historic preservation in the region.
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