Edna Ferber; the author, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote this classic southern love story set on a Mississippi River Boat which was made popular on both stage and screen. Perfect for teenagers who learn a little about southern history while reading a timeless love story.
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Edna Ferber; the author, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote this classic southern love story set on a Mississippi River Boat which was made popular on both stage and screen. Perfect for teenagers who learn a little about southern history while reading a timeless love story.
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Seller's Description:
Collectible, Very Good. No Jacket. Book 12 mo., vintage hardcover, in pale green boards. unmarked. Light wear to spine extremities and corners and front hinge cracked else VG. Endpapers and inside cover have nice illustration of Showboat with period costumes from the 1870's; introduction by author. On list of her books Show Boat is the last one listed, so first edition. If you are interested in the video tape of this, inquire, as it is also available and is a spectacular production starring Ava Gardner, Howard Keel. and Kathryn Grayson.
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Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. [ca. 1932]. Early reprint. Octavo. Pictorial dust jacket with wrap around design. Very good. 398 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Basis of the popular Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein stage musical; filmed 3 times: 1929, 1936 (starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, Hattie McDaniel) and 1951 (starring Kathryn Grayson, Howarl Keel, Ava Gardner, William Warfield; won 3 Academy Award nominations).
