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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Culhane, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holt, ©1990.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Circus > United States > History.
Cirque > États-Unis > Histoire.
Circus.
Geschichte
Zirkus
Circus > History.
United States.
USA.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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