Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age by Adrian Johns

Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age

Adrian Johns

305 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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When the pirate operator Oliver Smedley shot and killed his rival Reg Calvert in Smedley's country cottage on June 21, 1966, it was a turning point for the outlaw radio stations dotting the coastal waters of England. Situated on ships and offshore...

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