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... View More...
