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American Circus, The by John Culhane An illustrated istory Soft Cover
The American Circus by John Culhane
An illustrated history
Soft Cover
504 pages
Copyright 1990
CONTENTS
PROGRAM OF DISPLAYS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxi
PREFACExvii
Display 1The First Lords of the Ring1
Display 2The Wild Animal Exhibitors' Ball13
Display 3Barnum!27
Display 4DAN RICE: DEMOCRACY'S JESTER47
Display 5The Circus During the Civil War65
Display 6THE WILD FRONTIER79
Display 7The Circus-and P. T. Barnum-Take the Train95
Display 8Buffalo Bill's Wild West109
Display 9Jumbo!125
Display 10THE RINGLINGS AND THEIR RIVALS145
Display 11The Golden Age163
Display 12The Circus in the Jazz Age185
Display 13The Great Depression203
Display 14Enter the Norths-and Gargantua225
Display 15Of Clowns, Death, and World War II241
Display 16THE BIG TOP FOLDS257
Display 17Gunther Gebel-Williams and the Comeback of the Circus in America 283
Display 18The Quest for the Quadruple303
Display 19A Thousand Clowns323
Display 20Legends351
Display 21THE RETURN OF BARNUMESQUE BALLYHOO 369
CHRONOLOGY OF THE CIRCUS IN AMERICA, 1785-1990393
NOTES409
BIBLIOGRAPHY464
INDEX 488
ON THE BACK COVER
Ladies and Gentlemen and Children of All Ages! Now in the Center Ring, a Stupendous Saga of Spectacular Showmanship, the Amazing Annals of America's Age-Old Amusement ... the History of the Circus!
On this panoramic journey from 1785, when Thomas Pool presented "Feats of Horsemanship ... and a Clown to amuse the Spectators," to today's Gunther Gebel-Williams's unparalleled 12,000 performances with The Greatest Show on Earth, you'll find all the sights and sounds of two centuries of circus: acrobats and spangled ladies, Jumbo, train wrecks and tent blowdowns, roustabouts putting up tents, crazy clowns, even the Living Unicorn. Meet P. T. Barnum, Grizzly Adams, Tom Thumb, Annie Oakley, the Ringlings, Emmett Kelly, and a cast of thousands. Take in the first sideshow attraction, Stravinsky's elephant ballet, and much, much more.
With 150 glorious illustrations, The American Circus is the most complete history to date, brilliantly capturing the circus experience-parades, bandwagon, sawdust, and all.
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