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Book by Schroeder, Don
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This first novel by a television news anchor in Kentucky is set in the early 1980s, and the fictional WBMA-TV, long the ratings leader in Mobile, Ala., is in trouble. Oliver and Helen Batheson select Eugene ``Stump'' Henry to be the station's savior. A Mobile native returning home after years away, Henry is obsessive, brilliant and self-destructive. He is also an alcoholic, casual drug user, wife abuser and workaholic who has a specially built desk at which he can stand up. As if that weren't enough, he's (unknown to him) the illegitimate son of Helen, the manipulative queen of old-money Mobile society, and C. B. Peoples, the racist good ol' boy who runs WBMA and who bitterly opposes Henry's attempts to modernize the station. Unfortunately, Schroeder seems unable to make good use of the host of attributes he has given Henry, whose character never develops, despite the many events that involve him, from having his apartment ransacked to learning who his progenitors are. Henry's stasis amid manic self-destructive energy make for a long soap opera rather than a novel.
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- PublisherSevgo Pr
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0943487439
- ISBN 13 9780943487434
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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The Broadcast Mandate: Bloodlines
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Sevgo Pr, Northport, AL, 1993
ISBN 10: 0943487439
ISBN 13: 9780943487434
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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1993, ex library stamps, pocket in rear, library bar code in rear, soft cover, slight edgewear, light soiling on outer page edges, stains, cover has some edgewear, cover lightly soiled, label taped to spine of book, 219 p. Book. Seller Inventory # 52567
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The Broadcast Mandate: Bloodlines
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U.S.A.: Sevgo Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0943487439
ISBN 13: 9780943487434
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Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This soft cover assumed first edition has been inscribed on the inside front cover. The previous owner has written that she met the author's wife, Mary, with date and location. The book is fine. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 24158
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The Broadcast Mandate : Bloodlines
Published by
Sevgo Press, Northport, Alabama, 1993
ISBN 10: 0943487439
ISBN 13: 9780943487434
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First Edition
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Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Softback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This 219 pp. book is the first novel by the Louisville, Kentucky television newsman. Albeit fiction, the book is in the author's field of expertise, as it deals with a Father and son fighting for control of Mobile, Alabama's T.V. empire. Genuinely inscribed and signed by the author, just inside the front cover. Photos upon request. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 40892
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