First published in the spring of 1932, Phil Stong's whimsical and wise State Fair was an immediate success. Hollywood released a film that fall starring Will Rogers as Abel Frake and a champion hog from an Iowa farm as the famous Blue Boy, the finest Hampshire stud boar in the world. In 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical motion picture launched such memorable songs as It Might as Well Be Spring. In 1962 a movie musical with Pat Boone and Ann-Margret was set at the Texas State Fair. And in 1995 a highly entertaining ...
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First published in the spring of 1932, Phil Stong's whimsical and wise State Fair was an immediate success. Hollywood released a film that fall starring Will Rogers as Abel Frake and a champion hog from an Iowa farm as the famous Blue Boy, the finest Hampshire stud boar in the world. In 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical motion picture launched such memorable songs as It Might as Well Be Spring. In 1962 a movie musical with Pat Boone and Ann-Margret was set at the Texas State Fair. And in 1995 a highly entertaining adaptation of the 1945 musical premiered at the Iowa State Fair before moving on to Broadway. This paperback edition of State Fair, with a new foreword by Robert McCown, reprints the original novel in all its exuberance and freshness. On the surface State Fair simply recounts the adventures of the close-knit Frake family at the Iowa State Fair in the late 1920s, but Stong's universal morality tale has much to reveal to anyone willing to read between the lines. The book shocked some readers in 1932, but most were captivated by the Frakes' good-natured integrity and applauded their spirit. Readers today will find the same joy, liveliness, and insight in this new edition of State Fair.
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Add this copy of State Fair to cart. $78.73, fair condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1972 by Imprint unknown.
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Book is considered to be in good or better condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Hard cover books may show signs of wear on the spine cover or dust jacket. Paperback book may show signs of wear on spine or cover as well as having a slight bend curve or creasing to it. Book should have minimal to no writing inside and no highlighting. Pages should be free of tears or creasing. Stickers should not be present on cover or elsewhere and any CD or DVD expected with the book is included. Book is not a former library copy.
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Add this copy of State Fair to cart. $307.00, good condition, Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1932 by The Century Co..
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8vo. v, [1], 266 pp. Blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering, colour-illustrated endpapers (sunning & minor shelfwear to spine, slight sunning to fore-edges), w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of nighttime view of state fair over the hills, and farm truck running in distant fields by Gus Ricca (minor chip head of spine, creasing, couple minor closed tears), still a VG-/VG-copy. First edition, 1st printing, of this whimsical novel set against the backdrop of the Frake family adventures at the Iowa State Fair in the 1920's, which inspired the 1933 film starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres; the very successful 1945 20th Century-Fox Rodgers & Hammerstein musical starring Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, and Vivian Blaine--the only Rogers & Hammerstein musical written directly for film; remade with a 1962 version starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret set in Texas, and actually was not produced on stage until 1969 at The Muny in St. Louis. An additional television adaptation aired on CBS in 1976 starring Vera Miles.
Add this copy of State Fair to cart. $12.95, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of State Fair to cart. $13.00, good condition, Sold by Dunaway Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of State Fair to cart. $14.47, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by University of Iowa Press.
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Add this copy of State Fair (Bur Oak Book) to cart. $15.25, very good condition, Sold by Greenworld Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by University Of Iowa Press.
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Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid nice copy to enjoy.
