Show Boat
Edna Ferber · Foster Hirsch
Mar 2012 · Sold by Vintage
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About this ebook
Edna Ferber’s classic paean of love to the Mississippi River and the showboats that ran up and down it is once again available in hardcover as a facsimile of the first edition. First published in 1926, this timeless tale of the Cotton Blossom, Cap’n Andy, his shrewd wife Parthy, and their beautiful daughter Magnolia her remarkable daughter Kim was made famous on Broadway in 1927, when the legendary Jerome S. Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on the musical. Since then it has become a beloved favorite, revived repeatedly to entertain generations with haunting and lyrical songs such as “Old Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine.”
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About the author
In addition to SHOW BOAT, Edna Ferber (1885-1968) wrote the very successful Dinner at Eight and Stage Door, both collaborations with George S. Kaufman. A member of the Algonquin Round Table, she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 for her work So Big.
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