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Language
English
Description
William L. Slout, circus historian par excellence, here provides six essays on the development of the American circus. "From Rags to Ricketts: The Roots of Circus in Early Gotham" looks at the beginnings of circus entertainment in old New York City during the eighteenth century. "The Great Roman Hippodrome of 1874: P. T. Barnum's 'Crowning Effort'" describes the great showman's grand experiment: the collection and display in the Big Apple of the "largest...
Author
Language
English
Description
William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: "En Route to the Great Eastern Circus" (on the creation of this great show); "The Great Eastern Circus of 1872" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); "The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie" (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); "What...
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
DK Ink
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of circuses from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece through their evolution in eighteenth-century Europe to the spectacles created by P.T. Barnum and other modern-day showmen.
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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