Showboat Summer
Title | Showboat Summer PDF eBook |
Author | Rosamond Du Jardin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | Showboats |
ISBN | 9781930009516 |
SHOW BOAT
Title | SHOW BOAT PDF eBook |
Author | EDNA FERBER |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Blueprint for Summer Theatre
Title | Blueprint for Summer Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Beckhard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Summer theater |
ISBN |
Showboats
Title | Showboats PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Graham |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014-01-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0292775555 |
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 more than a century did much to relieve the social and cultural starvation of our vast river frontier. For these showboats brought their rich cargoes of entertainment—genuine laughter, a glimpse of other worlds, a respite from the grinding hardship of the present, emotional relaxation—to valley farmers, isolated factory workers and miners, and backwoodsmen who otherwise would have lacked all such opportunities. To the more privileged , the showboats brought pleasant reminder of a half-forgotten culture. They penetrated regions where churches and school had not gone, and where land theaters were for generations to be impossible. Like circuit preachers, they carried their message to the outer fringes of American civilization. In spite of many faults, it was a good message. The frontier had created this institution to fill a genuine need, and it lasted only until other and better means of civilizing these regions could reach them—good roads, automobiles, motion pictures, schools, churches, newspapers, and theaters. But although the showboats have passed into history, they have left a rich legacy. As long as the Mississippi flows into the Gulf, their story will fire the imagination of Americans. Showboating has become so legendary that few Americans know what this unique institution was really like. In Showboats, at long last, the true story emerges. It differs in many important respects from the motion picture and fictional versions to which Americans are accustomed, but it is not a whit the less glamorous. Philip Graham has told his story with imagination, genuine insight, and complete devotion to facts. No one who is interested in America's past should fail to read it.
Chesaning's Showboat
Title | Chesaning's Showboat PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Krause |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Show Boat
Title | Show Boat PDF eBook |
Author | Todd Decker |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0190250534 |
Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical draws on exhaustive archival research to tell the story of how Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, and a host of directors, choreographers, producers, and performers -- among them Paul Robeson -- made and remade the most important musical in Broadway history.
Showboat
Title | Showboat PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Lazenby |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 638 |
Release | 2016-10-25 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0316387274 |
The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats" (Kurt Helin, NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography. Even within the flashiest franchise in all of sports -- the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played his entire career -- Bryant always took center stage, and his final game captivated the basketball world, indeed the country. Roland Lazenby delves deep to look behind this public image, using classic basketball reporting and dozens of new interviews to reveal the whole picture, from Bryant's childhood through his playing years. Showboatis filled with large personalities and provocative stories, including details of Bryant's complicated personal life and explosive relationships on the court, and is a riveting and essential read for every hoops fan.