Bibliograph

The American circus, an illustrated history, John Culhane

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The American circus, an illustrated history, John Culhane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 464-487

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The American circus

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

19518131

Responsibility statement

John Culhane

Sub title

an illustrated history

Summary

Traces the development of the circus in America since 1786, and looks at major circuses and their most prominent acts

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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