Once an eagerly awaited spectacle, the traveling circus--that miracle of red wagons, trumpeting elephants and spangled trapeze artists that slipped into town at dawn and disappeared by midnight--has all but vanished from the American landscape. This...Loe edasi...
Step right up to a rare and rollicking adventure through over half a century of circus history, as told by someone who lived through it all – and has a nagging habit of telling the truth. He is David Lewis Hammarstrom, first published at age 14, who...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Nov-2007, Hardback, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9780786431694)
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Explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the cultural forces pushing big top shows toward circus ballet. Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors reveal a contrast betw...Loe edasi...
