About this title: As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the "Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth". It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an un-trainable elephant who was the great gray hope forthis ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfaguara
Date Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN-13:9781603960069ISBN:1603960066
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alfaguara
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781603960069ISBN:1603960066
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Edition: TRA
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Santillana Usa Pub Co Inc
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781603960069ISBN:1603960066
Description: New. As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the "Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth". It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers wa... read more
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