The Resource The James Adams Floating Theatre, by C. Richard Gillespie
The James Adams Floating Theatre, by C. Richard Gillespie
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The item The James Adams Floating Theatre, by C. Richard Gillespie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 later, when retirement proved boring, decided to build himself 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 even several deaths
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 288 pages
- Contents
-
- Here comes the showboat!
- USS Playhouse
- Circus, carnival, and vaudeville
- The first ten years: Places and Events
- The first ten years: Performers
- The first ten years: Performances
- Edna Ferber
- More on Show Boat
- Trials and tribulations
- Under new management
- The last hurrah
- The final curtain
- Curtain call
- Isbn
- 9780870334160
- Label
- The James Adams Floating Theatre
- Title
- The James Adams Floating Theatre
- Statement of responsibility
- by C. Richard Gillespie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 later, when retirement proved boring, decided to build himself 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 even several deaths
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gillespie, C. Richard
- Dewey number
- 792/.022
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN2293.S4
- LC item number
- G5 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- James Adams Floating Theatre
- Showboats
- Theater
- Theater
- Adams, James Even
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The James Adams Floating Theatre, by C. Richard Gillespie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Here comes the showboat! -- USS Playhouse -- Circus, carnival, and vaudeville -- The first ten years: Places and Events -- The first ten years: Performers -- The first ten years: Performances -- Edna Ferber -- More on Show Boat -- Trials and tribulations -- Under new management -- The last hurrah -- The final curtain -- Curtain call
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780870334160
- Lccn
- 91011076
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 23253818
- (OCoLC)23253818
- Label
- The James Adams Floating Theatre, by C. Richard Gillespie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Here comes the showboat! -- USS Playhouse -- Circus, carnival, and vaudeville -- The first ten years: Places and Events -- The first ten years: Performers -- The first ten years: Performances -- Edna Ferber -- More on Show Boat -- Trials and tribulations -- Under new management -- The last hurrah -- The final curtain -- Curtain call
- Dimensions
- 27 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780870334160
- Lccn
- 91011076
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 23253818
- (OCoLC)23253818
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