Who wrote the novel "Show Boat"?

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In 1925, Edna Ferber spent several weeks on the James Adams Floating Palace Theater in Bath, North Carolina, gathering information for the novel she planned to write about a disappearing American phenomenon: the River Show Boat. In a few short weeks, she would gain what she called a "treasure trove of show-boat material, human, touching, true." In 1926, Ferber published the result of her new found love, the best-selling novel, Show Boat. Jan 30 04, 6:24 AM

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