Showboats: The History of an American Institution
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This book is a delightful and authoritative record of America's showboats from the first one, launched in 1831, to the last, ultimately tied up at a St. Louis dock. It is also a record of the men and women who built and loved these floating theaters, of those who performed on their stages, and of the thousands who sat in their auditoriums. And, lastly, it is a record of a genuine folk institution, as American as catfish, which for...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292775334
ISBN13:9780292775336
Release Date:January 1970
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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