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Show boat

Show boat

by Edna Ferber

1926FictionShowboatsInterracial marriageGamblersWomen entertainers
4.0
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About this book

Narrative of the Hawks-Ravenal family on the Mississippi, in "Cotton Blossom", their floating palace theater.

Themes & subjects

FictionShowboatsInterracial marriageGamblersWomen entertainersLarge type books
First published 1926

Setting

Mississippi River

About the author

Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber

1885-08-15 – 1968-04-16

American novelist, short story writer and playwright

Author

Edna Ferber

First published

1926

Pages

336

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

34

Languages

English, und, German

Publisher

The Modern library

ISBN

9780404200985

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