State Fair (Bur Oak Book) [Paperback]

Phil Stong (Author), Robert A. McCown (Foreword)

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Stong's 1932 novel is the basis for the popular film with Pat Boone and Ann-Margret and the recent Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical. The plot follows the adventures of the Frake family at the Iowa State Fair in the late 1920s.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877455694
• ISBN-13: 978-0877455691
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,188,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you watched them movie this is a book you will like., June 15, 1999

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This review is from: State Fair (Bur Oak Book) (Paperback)

I read this book for my 8th grade english and reading class. I never really heard of the book, but of course like ever one else in the United States have seen then the musical State Fair. The book was a lot like the book. The reading goes really fast. If you want a book that you can read in a day or two this is the book you should pick.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars State Fair the movie and remakes were much better, December 29, 2002

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This review is from: State Fair (Bur Oak Book) (Paperback)

Here is one example of where I felt that the movie(s), that were based on this book, were better than the book itself. I loved the Pat Boone remake but wished that it contained more of the fair goings on. I had hoped that the book would contain more on that, but sadly it did not. The family does not even get to the fair until almost halfway into the book. I found the author's writting style tedious, and I also did not appreciate the "low" morals displayed by the (post) teens, as depicted in this book. It was obviously written from the male point of view.