Showboats : : The History of an American Institution /

Showboats : : The History of an American Institution / / Philip Graham.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Graham, Philip,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1951
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • I. Before the Showboat
  • II. Here Comes the Showboat
  • III. Big-top on the Rivers
  • IV. Bloody Waters
  • V. At the Landing Again
  • VI. The Last Night of the First SENSATION
  • VII. Showboating: A Business
  • VIII. The Calliope
  • IX. Of Joy and Profit
  • X. Broadway on the Rivers
  • XI. Drama Played Straight
  • XII. Calliope Music
  • XIII. Showboat Round the Bend
  • XIV. Enchanted Water
  • XV. Where All Good Showboats Go
  • XVI. Echoes of the Calliope
  • APPENDIX. Parade of Showboats
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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