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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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"An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With "Show Boat" Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling."
--"The New York Times
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"No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber."
--William Allen White
Praise for Edna Ferber and "Show Boat
"
"An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With "Show Boat" Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling."
--"The New York Times
"
"No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber."
--William Allen White
Praise for Edna Ferber andShow Boat
An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With Show Boat Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling.
The New York Times
No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber.
William Allen White"
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"An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With "Show Boat" Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling."
--"The New York Times
"
"No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber."
--William Allen White
Praise for Edna Ferber and "Show Boat
"
"An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With "Show Boat" Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling."
--"The New York Times
"
"No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber."
--William Allen White
Praise for Edna Ferber andShow Boat
An irresistible story. . . . Gorgeously romantic. . . . Spirited, full-breasted, tireless. . . . With Show Boat Miss Ferber establishes herself . . . as one of those who are reviving first-rate story-telling.
The New York Times
No one tells so well as Edna Ferber the story of the American people in their various backgrounds. . . . It is a gift, a lovely gift, and no one uses her talents more delightfully than Edna Ferber.
William Allen White"
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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- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0517229935
- ISBN 13 9780517229934
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