Record #:

9888

Author(s):

Blackburn, Charles, Jr.

Abstract:

The James Adams Floating Theatre, a showboat built in Washington, North Carolina, in 1914, brought theater to residents of coastal and inland waterways from the Chesapeake Bay to the Carolinas. Blackburn describes the days that famed American author Edna Ferber sailed on the vessel to gather information for her acclaimed novel SHOW BOAT.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 11, Apr 2008, p160-162, 164, il, por

Subject(s):

Showboats; Theater--History--20th century; Ferber, Edna, 1885-1968