Here Comes the Showboat!

by Betty Bryant

Book Overview

"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." -- from the book Betty Bryant was a river rat. The Floating Theater was her home, and the river was her back yard. While other children were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081311862X
• ISBN13: 9780813118628
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

a great, warm, enjoyable book,

great book in first person telling a story of a time and place that is little known in american history. she writes with great skill, and houmor abounds as she takes you on a trip down the river with her familey and actor friends. here comes the showboat is a great read for the whole familey.