Fresh off the press from Duke Classics—Edna Ferber's Show Boat. Three generations of riverboat performers travel up and down the Mississippi River, experiencing success, failure, tragedy, and love. Readers get a snapshot of what life was like between the Reconstruction Era and the Roaring Twenties, while riding along with the Hawks family onboard the Cotton Blossom.
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