216 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, endpaper map of Ohio River Valley (Missouri to Pennsylvania) 202 pages, index, 59 b/w photos, drawings, etc, with captions. Title page dated 1994 and SIGNED by author. ; Map by JMH. Chronology of the boats 1831 to 1994 by Donald McDaniel. Foreword by Kenneth L. Gladish. Preface by Rita Kohn and William Lynwood Montell. ; Personal memoirs of the performing life on a showboat (floating theater) that plied the Ohio River and its tributaries 1910s-1940s, with special emphasis on the performers and shows. Topics include: Lady Violet. The Four Bryants. Brother Willie. Vic Faust. Carl Adamson. Much more. ; No defects to book apart from autograph. Jacket has 'autographed copy' sticker on front, just a whisper of edgewear. ; Ohio River Valley Series
Title: Here Comes the Showboat ! : (Signed)
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 081311862X
ISBN-13: 9780813118628
Location Published: University Press of Kentucky: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Inscription: Signed by Author
Item: 1.20 lbs
Categories: Performing Arts
Seller ID: 23953
Keywords: autographed, biography, entertainment, midwest us, music hall, nautical, ohio river, signed, theater history, vaudeville
