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The small 1930’s radio is a typical symbol of communication in those days of how we heard the news and illustrates another global event. H.G. Wells’ book The War of the Worlds performed by Orson Wells and a cast of radio actors, electrified the world and a global panic ensued! This story is “The Broadcast”, which is about a Martian invasion and a fierce battle taking place on our planet. Since “Radio was King” and TV was in the future, the images were only “seen” in the minds of terrified people all over the world. [readmore align="left" target"_blank" button="Read More" links="http://room4bethford.com/about/"]

The bi-plane on the cover of the book is from the story “The Aviator” and what happened to cause the stream-liner, The Panama Limited, not to be on time, which was unheard of. It was always exactly on schedule… [readmore align="left" target"_blank" button="Read More" links="http://room4bethford.com/about/"]

Beth Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi and was raised early on in the McColgan Hotel in McComb, Mississippi. Beth (Ella Beth McAdams) graduated with the class of ’48 from Central High School in Jackson, Mississippi. She also attended the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida as a teen. After several terms there, she attended the University of Mississippi where she was a freshman cheerleader for the Ole Miss Rebels. While there she met and married her husband of 65 years. [readmore align="left" target"_blank" button="Read More" links="http://room4bethford.com/about/"] The Book Room 4, is a compilation of seventeen stories of vivid childhood memories by 87 year old author and artist Beth Ford who spent ten years from 1933-1943 growing up in the McColgan Hotel in McComb, Mississippi. Each one of the stories captures a bit of Southern history and...

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