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Show Boat

by Edna Ferber
Foster Hirsch
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Edna Ferber’s classic paean of love to the Mississippi River and the showboats that ran up and down it is once again available in hardcover as a facsimile of the first edition. First published in 1926, this timeless tale of the Cotton Blossom, Cap’n Andy, his shrewd wife Parthy, and their beautiful daughter Magnolia her remarkable daughter Kim was made famous on Broadway in 1927, when the legendary Jerome S. Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on the musical. Since then it has become a beloved favorite, revived repeatedly to entertain generations with haunting and lyrical songs such as “Old Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine.”
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 21, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780307809018
  • Release date: March 21, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780307809018
  • File size: 2746 KB
  • Release date: March 21, 2012

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:980
Text Difficulty:5-7

Edna Ferber’s classic paean of love to the Mississippi River and the showboats that ran up and down it is once again available in hardcover as a facsimile of the first edition. First published in 1926, this timeless tale of the Cotton Blossom, Cap’n Andy, his shrewd wife Parthy, and their beautiful daughter Magnolia her remarkable daughter Kim was made famous on Broadway in 1927, when the legendary Jerome S. Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated on the musical. Since then it has become a beloved favorite, revived repeatedly to entertain generations with haunting and lyrical songs such as “Old Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine.”
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature Historical Fiction