Here Comes The Showboat!
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1994.
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Ohio River Valley Series .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Cast, Bred on the Waters; Home Sweet Showboat; Lady Violet; The Four Bryants; The Play! The Play!; The Actors Have Arrived; Willie; Dead Men Tell No Tales; Up the Monongahela; Perennial Pals; Screeching Pipe of Pan; Down by the O-HI-O; Put Them All Together, They Spell ""Huckster""; Then There Was Dad; Phone It In; Vic Faust; That Old-Time Religion; The Season Ends; Sweet Bird of Youth; The Right Place at the Right Time; Cincinnati; A Lady and a Queen; Lure of City Lights; Olio; Rainin' and Risin' Where Have All the Showboats Gone?Showboat Chronology; For Further Information; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
""I was born at the tail end of a unique and delightful era and raised on one of the last showboats to struggle for survival against the devastating crunch of progress.... Our showboat's express purpose was carrying entertainment to hundreds of thousands of river-bottom farmers along our water-bordered frontier."" --
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Bryant family.
Billy Bryant's Showboat.
Showboats--History--20th century. River life--History--Ohio River--20th century.