Those Wonderful, Terrible Years: George Heller and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists - Tapa dura

"What a marvelous character George Heller must have been! And what a time! The middle of the Great Depression when working people in all parts of the country came together to help one another, to protect one another. When a five-dollar-a-show radio performer rubbed elbows with the great stars of the day--Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Ed Wynn, Rudy Vallee, and so many others--to create a union in broadcasting."--Rita Morley Harvey, from the Preface "What a marvelous character George Heller must have been! And what a time! The middle of the Great Depression when working people in all parts of the country came together to help one another, to protect one another. When a five-dollar-a-show radio performer rubbed elbows with the great stars of the dayEddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Ed Wynn, Rudy Vallee, and so many othersto create a union in broadcasting."Rita Morley Harvey, from the Preface"

This biography of George Heller provides an account of the formation and growth of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, from its inception in the 1930s to the Golden Age of television and the McCarthy era.