En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:William L. SloutTheme:Chronological Period/19th CenturyPublish date:10/4/2024Pages:206
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Borgo PressISBN-13:9781434435477ISBN-10:1434435474UPC:9781434435477Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Circus, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCZ0TFBK1Q
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 Goes Up...Comes Down" (how balloning became part of the circus environment); and "The Chicken or the Egg?" (on the first development of the double-ring act pioneered by Barnum and others). These vivid essays, highlighted by numerous contemporaneous excerpts from local newspapers, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Borgo PressISBN-13:9781434435477ISBN-10:1434435474UPC:9781434435477Book Category:Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Circus, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCZ0TFBK1Q
Publisher: Borgo Press
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