{"product_id":"when-vaudeville-came-to-joplin-9781468119282","title":"When Vaudeville Came to Joplin","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cynthia S. Gillard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vaudeville Came to Joplin is the first in a series of historical fiction novels based upon a 100 year old scrapbook that chronicles the lives of Vaudeville performers during the turn of the 20th century. Young Adella Marie Lawton has a profound love of the piano, which she plays fervently in church, and secretly yearns to forge a career around her musical talent. When a touring Vaudeville troupe comes to Joplin, Adella's confusion about her life path mounts all the more . The leading man in the troupe is Clifford Hastings, a dashing British man several years older, who Adella first meets under remarkable circumstances. Their fates intertwine further when she signs on as a pianist for the troupe's Joplin shows. Based upon the lives of Vaudeville actor, Clifford Hastings and musician, Adella Marie Lawton, it's a must read for history lovers as well as anyone who champions a transcendent love story splendidly spun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45505688076439,"sku":"9781468119282","price":1369.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781468119282.webp?v=1767456751","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-vaudeville-came-to-joplin-9781468119282","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}