A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas

The dictionary section made up of more than 500 cross-referenced entries provides brief vignettes of the more popular and also less well-known soaps among them <I>Back Stage Wife</I> <I>Our Gal Sunday</I> <I>Pepper Young's Family</I> and <I>The Guiding Light</I>. Other entries evoke those who brought these programs to life: the actors announcers scriptwriters networks and even the sponsors. Nor are the basic themes the stock characters and the gimmick forgotten. The book's introduction defines the soap opera examines the span of the radio serial reviews its origins and its demise and