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Author
Publisher
Macmillan Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1977, c1976
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated historical account of the circus's origins and development and of its lore and legends, describing acts and performers from the Circus Maximus to Madison Square Garden.
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Step right up! and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth - the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible--a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men who shaped the circus. Battle for the Big Top is the untold story of the battles of the three circus kings--James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling-all vying for control of the vastly profitable and widely influential American Circus. New York Times bestselling author Les Standiford recreates a remarkable...
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