The big show : a history of the circus / Felix Sutton ; [introduction by Bill Doll] - New York : Doubleday & Company, c1971. - 176 p., [8] c. di tav. : ill. ; 23 cm. ((Autore dell'introduzione sulla coperta.
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Data cronica
Descrizione
- Contents
Introduction
1. The grand entry
2. Mountebanks and mounted men
3. The ponderous pachyderms
4. Tent shows and ahowboats
5. The one and only Barnum
6. Enter James A. Bailey
7. The boys from baraboo
8. The sawdust trails
9. The wild and woolly west
10. Street parades and side shows
11. Gargantua the great
12. Here come the clowns
13. The daring young men - and women
14. The animal fare
15. Pink lemonade - and other tall tales
16. The show that never grows up
Index
Luogo di edizione
- New York
Paese
- US
Lingua
- ENG Inglese
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