TY - BOOK AU - Bryant,Betty TI - Here Comes The Showboat! T2 - Ohio River Valley Series SN - 9780813149967 AV - PN2293 .H474 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Bryant family. KW - Billy Bryant's Showboat KW - Showboats KW - History KW - 20th century KW - River life KW - Ohio River KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - ""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."" -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938047&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -