Circus Days and what Goes on Back of the Big Top
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Published: 1934
Total Pages: 24
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Published: 1934
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Larry Freeman
Publisher: American Life Foundation
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Lewis Hammarstrom
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-04-25
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1476608350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce 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 work explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the forces of modern culture (such as the popularity of Cirque du Soleil, and pressure from the animal rights movement) that are pushing big top shows toward what the author calls "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors enrich the narrative. Overall, the book reveals a sobering contrast between circuses of yesterday and today, even as it honors the outstanding performers who created, and have sustained, the enduring appeal of the circus.
Author: Richard Glendinning
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780811669177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of the circus from the Roman Circus Maximus to modern shows in covered arenas, with emphasis on the circus people's way of life during the Golden Age of the Big Top.
Author: Charles Philip Fox
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Published: 1964-06
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ISBN-13: 9780872820388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Lax
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2009-06-02
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1468307665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough many hold him to be one of the greatest American poets of this century, Lax has maintained a low profile, living and writing in seclusion on the Greek island of Patmos. In Circus Days & Nights, Lax's three great long poems on the circus—“Circus of the Sun,†? “Mogador's Book,†? and “Sunset City†?—are collected together for the first time, placing this early masterwork in the position within American literature that it so richly deserves. Each of the three poems in this collection expresses a reverence for the acts of daring, beauty, and grace that make the circus the singular event it is. What also emerges is the drawing of a link between this world of the circus—wherein a tent is erected, acts are performed, and then the tent is disassembled only to be re-erected the next day—and Lax's faith. As Denise Levertov has said, “the radiant security of Lax’s faith appears in his work as a serenity of tone.†?
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Publisher: Harmony
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA photographic documentation of the Beatty-Cole Circus, recording and portraying the customs, activities, animals, and singular personalities of an endangered way of life.
Author: Stewart O'Nan
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2008-12-10
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0307482987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy and heroism—the great Hartford circus fire of 1944. It was a midsummer afternoon, halfway through a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performance, when the big top caught fire. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in seconds it was burning out of control. More than 8,000 people were trapped inside, and the ensuing disaster would eventually take 167 lives. Steward O'Nan brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of the great Hartford circus fire of 1944. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, O'Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the perilous effort to maneuver animals out of danger; the hero who tossed dozens of children to safety before being trampled to death. Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus Fire is history at its most compelling.
Author: David Lewis Hammarstrom
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-11-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781476691350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce 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 work explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the forces of modern culture (such as the popularity of Cirque du Soleil, and pressure from the animal rights movement) that are pushing big top shows toward what the author calls "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors enrich the narrative. Overall, the book reveals a sobering contrast between circuses of yesterday and today, even as it honors the outstanding performers who created, and have sustained, the enduring appeal of the circus.
Author: Andrea Ringer
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2024-07-09
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0252056744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker. Andrea Ringer examines the industry-wide circus world--the collection of shows that traveled by rail, wagon, steamboat, and car--and the traditional and nontraditional laborers who created it. Performers and their onstage labor played an integral part in the popularity of the circus. But behind the scenes, other laborers performed the endless menial tasks that kept the show on the road. Circus operators regulated employee behavior both inside and outside the tent even as the employees themselves blurred the line between leisure and labor until, in all parts of the show, the workers could not escape their work. Illuminating and vivid, Circus World delves into the gender, class, and even species concerns within an extinct way of life.