32%OFF
The James Adams Floating Theatre
C. Richard. Gil
€ 35.99
€ 24.34
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The James Adams Floating Theatre
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 56 b/w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: ASZH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 868.
The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns up and down the East Coast in early twentieth-century America. The builder of the boat, James E. Adams, was a farmer from Michigan who taught himself to be a circus aerialist, started and prospered with his own carnival company, and, when retirement proved boring, decided to build a showboat. The book traces the history of the James Adams from its inception until its demise twenty-seven years later, a tale that includes fires, sinkings, a shooting, arrests, and several deaths.
The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns up and down the East Coast in early twentieth-century America. The builder of the boat, James E. Adams, was a farmer from Michigan who taught himself to be a circus aerialist, started and prospered with his own carnival company, and, when retirement proved boring, decided to build a showboat. The book traces the history of the James Adams from its inception until its demise twenty-seven years later, a tale that includes fires, sinkings, a shooting, arrests, and several deaths.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870334160
SKU
V9780870334160
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
Reviews for The James Adams Floating Theatre