Show Boat: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Show Boat is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Ferber, Edna (1885–1968).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Show Boat" by Edna Ferber is a novel published in 1926. It follows three generations of performers aboard the Cotton Blossom, a floating theater traveling the Mississippi River from the 1880s to the 1920s. Against the backdrop of America's changing landscape—from Reconstruction riverbanks to Jazz Age New York—the story weaves together romance, family drama, and the harsh realities of racial prejudice. Lives intertwine and secrets emerge as the show boat drifts through small Southern towns, carrying both entertainment and scandal in its wake.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Show Boat
- Author credits: Ferber, Edna (1885–1968)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Gamblers -- Fiction
- Interracial marriage -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Mississippi River -- Fiction
- Showboats -- Fiction
- Women entertainers -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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