The Traveling Chautauqua Caravans of Culture in Early 20th Century America /

Barrows, Roger E., 1955-

The Traveling Chautauqua Caravans of Culture in Early 20th Century America / Roger E. Barrows. - Jefferson : McFarland and Company, Incorporated Publishers, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (234 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. Great American Road Trip; 2. Hyacinths for the Soul; 3. Song of the Open Road; 4. A Platform and a Passion; 5. That Old-Time Religion; 6. Heart to Heart; 7. This Is Business; Epilogue; Appendix A: "I Am What I Am"; Appendix B: Chautauqua Towns on a Single Circuit, 1922; Appendix C: Summer Schedule for Two Circuits; Appendix D: "What I Saw on the 1913 Redpath-Horner Chautauquas: As the Humorist Saw It," by Charles T. Griffey, of Rogers & Griffey, Entertainers; Appendix E: "Seeing Texas and Oklahoma," by Father D. J. Cronin Appendix F: "You Are in This for Money," by J. R. Teagarden, Division Superintendent, Redpath-Horner SystemAppendix G: "Chautauqua," by Charles R. Taggart; Appendix H: Chautauqua Plays; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index



9781476637143


Chautauquas--History.--United States
Lyceums--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

LC6551 / .T738 2019