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Secrets of the Sideshows

Secrets of the Sideshows - Paperback

by Joe Nickell
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joe NickellPublish date:2008-09-26Pages:424
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191959ISBN-10:813191955UPC:9780813191959Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Circus, Popular CultureSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC1HEYT0PK

On small-town ballfields and county fairgrounds, the sideshow performers set up their tents and trailers in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. There they amazed us with daring feats such as fire eating and sword swallowing, intrigued us with exhibitions of human oddities and various "anatomical wonders," and yes, deceived us with illusions such as "Atasha the Gorilla Girl" and even outright fakes. These bizarre spectacles engaged the mind as well as the eye. Was the human blockhead act, in which

Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813191959ISBN-10:813191955UPC:9780813191959Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Circus, Popular CultureSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC1HEYT0PK
Nickell, Joe: - Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), is the author of more than twenty investigative books, including Secrets of the Sideshows and Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal.

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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