I just stumbled upon a most excellent book, The Radiobuster, while visiting a local bookstore. The book was very expensive and, thus, I did not purchase it. Thankfully, I was able to find a copy via ILL, and the more than 90-year-old book was shipped to me all the way from Alaska!

The Radiobuster follows the professional life of Samuel Jones, a radio operator in rural Alaska who sent and received messages from merchant ships near the Alaska coastline. I’ve been looking for a book that talks about life as a commercial radio operator but have found few. This book approaches my expectations although I wish the author would have spoken more on the radio operation itself. Still this is an excellent book for anyone interested in the life of a commercial radio operator in the 1920s.