13 Daughters

13 Daughters was a short-lived Broadway musical with book, music and lyrics by Eaton Magoon, Jr,[1][2][3] starring Don Ameche. It played for 28 performances in 1961. The story was influenced by the life of Magoon's great-grandparents Chun Afong and his wife Julia Fayerweather Afong and their twelve daughters.[4][5]

  1. ^ 'Eaton Magoon, Jr.'. Music Theatre International. (USA)
  2. ^ 'Eaton Magoon, Jr.'. Discogs.
  3. ^ 'Eaton Magoon, Jr.'. Playbill. (New York, USA).
  4. ^ Dye, Robert Paul (2010). "Merchant Prince: Chun Afong in Hawaiʻi, 1849–90" (PDF). Chinese America: History & Perspectives. 15. San Francisco: Chinese Historical Society of America with UCLA Asian American Studies Center: 23–36.
  5. ^ Sigall, Bob. (26 July 2013). 'Chun Afong arrived in 1849 and got right to business'. Honolulu Star-Advertiser. (USA)