Bibliograph

The greatest shows on earth, a history of the circus, Linda Simon

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The greatest shows on earth, a history of the circus, Linda Simon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The greatest shows on earth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

896372923

Responsibility statement

Linda Simon

Sub title

a history of the circus

Summary

Step right up! and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth - the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible--a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world

Table Of Contents

Trick riders -- Cirques intimes -- The biggest tents -- Cavalcades -- Without a net -- Beasts -- Clowns -- Feats -- Prodigies -- Transformations

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History of the circus

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