A retired professor who was awarded the 2002 Ray Stanich Award for scholarship on vintage radio regales old-timers with details of Mr. Keen: Tracer of Lost Persons, the longest running fictional detective show (1937-55), and introduces a new generation of radiophiles to this "famous old investigator" who found people who didn't want to be found. Cox presents a chronology; commentary on radio's golden age, the show's husband-and-wife producers, its writers, themes; and synopses of all 1,690 broadcasts. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORRadio Recall...Cox has done a great job of research...writing is excellent...a fine profile of one of the most enduring shows of the classic period of radio...
Chronology : a Mr. Keen Radio Almanac51The aural sleuth : murder and mayhem on the air72Origins of a supersleuth143Lost and found224The tracer as chaser355Funny business516Hired guns577Sold on radio73Radio episode guide77