Jolly Della Pringle: Star of the Western Stage Tapa blanda - 2015

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. The story of American repertory theatre actress Jolly Della Pringle is best described as an odyssey filled with travel, adventure, dramatic events, romance and many changes in fortune. She lived an extraordinary life in interesting times on the closing frontier of the American West.<br /><br />In the days before radio, motion pictures and television, traveling repertory companies used wagons, stagecoaches and railroads to bring entertainment to cities and towns across America. No history of this movement would be complete without the tale of Jolly Della Pringle who was a major star to the people in the gold fields, cow towns, logging camps, military forts rural communities in the West and Midwest during the decades before and after the turn of the twentieth century.<br /><br />Here for the first time is Della Pringle's saga including her rise from teenage hotel maid to a magnificently gowned star of her own theatrical company, her amassing of a… Leer más

McFarland, 2015-04-30. Softcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. Softcover with tight binding bright clean unmarked text and covers.

McFarland Publishing, 2015. Paperback. New. 207 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches.

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015. First Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. 6" x 9. 207 Pages Indexed. Brand new condition and gift quality. Interior text pages are flawless.The story of American repertory theatre actress Jolly Della Pringle (1870-1952) is an odyssey of travel, adventure, drama, romance and many changes in fortune. Pringle was a major star to the people in the gold fields, cow towns, logging camps, military forts and rural communities of the West and Midwest during the decades before and after the turn of the 20th century. She knew most of the famous performers of her day, including Buffalo Bill Cody, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks and Gloria Swanson. Before serial marriage was common in show business, the seldom single Della Pringle married and divorced five times. Here for the first time is Pringle's saga, covering her rise from a teenage hotel maid to the magnificently gowned star of her own theatrical company, her amassing of a… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.