Humbug : the art of P.T. Barnum more books like this

by Neil Harris

This book is one of the most valuable contributions to American cultural studies of the nineteenth century in recent years. It explores analytically and critically American cultural life, the developing urbanization between 1840 and the 1880s, and some major patterns within that movement, through the prism of the career and doings of P.T. Barnum.

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Big Top Boss: John Ringling North and the Circus more books like this

by David Lewis Hammarstrom

A brilliant, eclectic showman, circus king John Ringling North achieved international fame as a talent scout, booking the likes of Gargantua the Great and Unus, the man who stood on his forefinger. He once engaged George Balanchine to choreograph a ballet for elephants, with Igor Stravinsky composing the music. Big Top Boss explores the remarkable ...

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A Trip to the Light Fantastic: Travels with a Mexican Circus more books like this

by Katie Hickman

The author of this book spent a year travelling round Mexico with a circus - big top, clowns, elephants and all. She and her husband, photographer Tom Owen-Edmunds, lived with the circus - riding the elephants and playing clowns as part of the show. Further afield they tracked down the remains of ancient Mayan civilizations and hunted down the ...

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The Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow & the Romantic Age of the English Circus more books like this

by A H Saxon

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Dangerous Dave more books like this

by Tony Garth

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Circus Rings Around Russia more books like this

by David Lewis Hammarstrom

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Freak like me : inside the Jim Rose circus sideshow more books like this

by Jim Rose, Melissa Rossi

Presents Jim Rose and the performers who accompany him on the "Jim Rose Roadshow" - a show dedicated to performing bizarre and unusual acts and tricks. The text introduces Matt the Tube, the Amazing Mr Lifto and Jimm Rose's wife Bebe Rose, the Circus Queen.

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Archaos : cirque revolutionnaire more books like this

by Gavin Evans

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Freak Show more books like this

by Don Whittington

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The circus world of Willie Sells : with accounts of circus performances in Topeka, 1858-1908 more books like this

by Orin C. King, John W. Ripley, Robert W. Richmond

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Dr. Anno's magical midnight circus more books like this

by Mitsumasa Anno

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Animals in circuses and zoos Chiron's world? more books like this

by Kiley-Worthington

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Spangles & sawdust : the circus in Australia more books like this

by Mark St Leon

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