Bob Hite Sr

A radio announcer at Detroit's WXYZ starting in the 1930s, Hite's baritone enthralled listeners. "He could read you the phone book and make you want to buy the numbers," colleague Dick Osgood once said. Hite's voice is well known to anyone who listened to The Lone Ranger on the radio -- it was Hite who voiced the memorable intro, "From out of the past came the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver!" He also was in The Green Hornet radio show. He died February 19 in Florida at age 86. From This is True for 20 February 2000 Suggestions for further reading: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: I want to press a copy of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie into the arms of my good friends. This book is comprised of vignettes pertaining to reservation life, which though often bleak has an undercurrent of hope. The...   Lone Star Rising: The Texas Rangers Trilogy by Elmer Kelton Amazon Price: $14.39 Customer Review: I have long been an admirer of Elmer Kelton's and this new series lives up to my expectations. His prose is classic western writing at its best, and it's hard to find a more exciting subject than the Texas Rangers. Jack Lyle, author of Y...   Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers by Robert M. Utley Amazon Price: $12.75 Customer Review: An accurate accounting of the modern-day Texas Rangers. A must read for the Texas Ranger enthusiast and those interested in the history of law enforcement in Texas. I loved the section about "Garrison's Rangers". A real good read!! I highly recommend...   Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the Texas Rangers by Robert M. Utley Amazon Price: $11.56 Customer Review: I thought this was an excellent telling of the Rangers early history. It is not an especially beefy volume so it is somewhat condensed, but if you are looking for a more modern account than Prescot Webb's excellent Texas Rangers written around 1935, ...   Western Legends: To the Last Man, The Mysterious Rider, The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey Amazon Price: $14.96   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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