The revised edition of The Lucky Strike Papers continues the exploration of live television which includes conversations with such early television luminaries as Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Eileen Wilson, Raymond Scott, Merv Griffin, and more.

This is the HARDBACK version. In 1951, a critic in Downbeat magazine wrote that Sue Bennett was "one of the coming female singers in the country." Bennett was a featured singer on several network shows during TV's early years, including Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge, The Freddy Martin Show, and Your Hit Parade. Decades later, Andrew Fielding began exploring the period of live television, via the shows on which his mother sang. His resulting portrait of the era - which includes conversations with such early television luminaries as Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Raymond Scott, Merv Griffin, Arthur Penn, and Kay Kyser - is both enlightening, and captivating.

A revised version of the book on classic live television, which includes conversations with such early television luminaries as Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Eileen Wilson, Raymond Scott, Merv Griffin and more.

This stimulating little chapbook would work very well as a basis for classroom debate on speculative fiction, history, or the notion of free will. - Publishers Weekly The foremost writer of literary utopias.' - Time magazine Its no coincidence that one of our most visionary science fiction writers is also a profoundly good nature writer.' ...

Excerpt from The Story of Lucky Strike I sketched the whole chain of production from farm to factory. A shipment of tobacco which I followed on this interesting trail led me to one of the Lucky Strike plants. When the newspaper series was published, The American Tobacco Company suggested that I expand my sketches into a book. They were interested in what an average observer thinks about one of the most fascinating modern industries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A rich, southern voice tells the unforgettable story of two vulnerable outsiders, the lightning strike that turns their world upside down and the true meaning of lucky. Nate Harlow would love to be lucky, just once!He'd like to win a prize, get picked first, call a coin toss right, even! But his best friend, Genesis Beam (aka Gen), believes in science and logic, and she doesn't think for one second that there's such a thing as luck, good or bad. She doesn't care what names the other kids call them. She cares about being right, about saving the turtles of Paradise Beach, and she cares about Nate.Then, on his birthday, at the Goofy Golf mini-golf course, Nate is struck by lightning -- and survives! Suddenly baseballs are drawn to his bat-popular kids want HIM on their side. It seems the whole town of Paradise Beach thinks Nate has the magic touch. But is there room for Gen in Nate's lucky new world?Lucky Strike tells the unforgettable story of two vulnerable outsiders and what luck is really all about.