The American circus : an illustrated history /

Traces the development of the circus in America since 1786, and looks at major circuses and their most prominent acts.

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Main Author: Culhane, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holt, ©1990.
Edition:1st ed.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-487) and index. 
505 0 |a The First Lords of the Ring -- The Wild Animal Exhibitors' Ball -- Barnum! -- Dan Rice, Democracy's Jester -- The Circus during the Civil War -- The Wild Frontier -- The Circus and P.T. Barnum, Take the Train -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West -- Jumbo! -- The Ringlings and their rivals -- The Golden Age -- The Circus in the Jazz Age -- The Great Depression -- Enter the Norths, and Gargantua -- Of Clowns, death, and World War II -- The Big Top folds -- Gunther Gebel-Williams and the Comback of the Circus in America -- The Quest for the Quadruple -- A Thousand Clowns -- Legends -- The Return of Barnumesque Ballyhoo. 
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