Three major motion pictures about Stephen Foster have been made to date. Only Harmony Lane is available on videotape. We sell some recordings of Foster's music on our List of Publications for Sale . A list of CDs containing Foster's music is available here . Most major music stores should also be able to order specific Foster recordings that are still in print.
Opinions vary as to what role alcohol played in Foster's life.
For more information on common myths about Stephen Foster visit our Myths about Foster page. As a child he visited Ohio and Augusta, Kentucky, and he attended boarding school in Northern Pennsylvania. In February 1852 he took a month long Mississippi River cruise to New Orleans, his only trip to the deep south. He never visited the Suwannee River. For more information on common myths about Stephen Foster please visit our Myths About Foster page.