Showboats: The History of an American Institution

by Philip Graham

Book Overview

This book is a delightful and authoritative record of America's showboats from the first one, launched in 1831, to the last, ultimately tied up at a St. Louis dock.

It is also a record of the men and women who built and loved these floating theaters, of those who performed on their stages, and of the thousands who sat in their auditoriums.

And, lastly, it is a record of a genuine folk institution, as American as catfish, which for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292775334
• ISBN13: 9780292775336
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"