Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls
Freaks, Geeks, and Strange Girls

Author: Randy Johnson

Publisher: Last Gasp

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780867196221

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This is a colourful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With one hundred colour photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now vanished icon of early rural America, counterpointing classic freak show art with contemporary interpretations. Fifty archival black-and-white photos of sideshows provide a historical context for the banner illustrations.

Ferris Wheels
Ferris Wheels

Author: Norman D. Anderson

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780879725327

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Anderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s
Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s

Author: Jane Nicholas

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1487515758

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In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.

The American Traveling Carnival
The American Traveling Carnival

Author: Kenneth Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780615905648

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"The American Traveling Carnival" in monograph, describes the genesis of a unique form of entertainment. The World's Columbian Exposition, of 1893 in Chicago served as the jumping off point for all American traveling carnivals to come.