Here comes the showboat!
""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.""--The bookBetty Bryant was a river rat. The Floating Theater was her home, and the river was her back yard. While other children were learning to walk, she was learning to swim. She kn…
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- Full title :Here comes the showboat! / Betty Bryant.
Summary
""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.""--The bookBetty Bryant was a river rat. The Floating Theater was her home, and the river was her back yard. While other children were learning to walk, she was learning to swim. She knew how to set a trotline, gig a frog, catch a crawdad, and strip the mud vein out of a carp by.
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- Publication Date:©1994
- Edition:Paperback edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The University Press of Kentucky
- Place of Publication:Lexington, Kentucky
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1994
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (219 pages) : : illustrations, photographs.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780813149967, 0813149967
- oclc:ocn903956497
- LC Classification:PN2293.S4
- Dewey Decimal:792/.022
Table of Contents
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.
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