Big Top Circus Days
Author: Larry Freeman
Publisher: American Life Foundation
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 122
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Author: Larry Freeman
Publisher: American Life Foundation
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Philip Fox
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Published: 1964-06
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ISBN-13: 9780872820388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karen Kaufman Orloff
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781441312273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroducing our new Nightlight Detective books for junior detectives everywhere! Young readers use the punch-out paper "flashlight" to illuminate clues hidden in the art on plastic see-through pages. Clever stories and appealing art make Sergeant Sally's adventures irresistible! Frankie the Clown's giant shoes are missing, but the show must go on. Junior detectives help Sergeant Sally solve the mystery at the Big Top! Slip the Nightlight Detective paper flashlight under each plastic page to light up the clues as the story unfolds. Ready? Let's crack the case! Ages 4 to 9. Includes 8 acetate pages of see-through art.
Author: Richard Glendinning
Publisher:
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: Janet M. Davis
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003-10-15
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0807861499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. In the process, she casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity as a modern industrial society and world power. Davis explores the multiple "shows" that took place under the big top, from scripted performances to exhibitions of laborers assembling and tearing down tents to impromptu spectacles of audiences brawling, acrobats falling, and animals rampaging. Turning Victorian notions of gender, race, and nationhood topsy-turvy, the circus brought its vision of a rapidly changing world to spectators--rural as well as urban--across the nation. Even today, Davis contends, the influence of the circus continues to resonate in popular representations of gender, race, and the wider world.
Author: Neil Johnson
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe elephants help to raise the big tent, and the show begins, with its ringmaster, tigers, clowns, acrobats, horses, and all of the circus family.
Author: Les Standiford
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1541762266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Les Standiford takes us under the big top and behind the curtain in this richly researched and thoroughly engaging narrative that captures all of the entrepreneurial intrigue and spirit of the American circus.” —Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Devil in the Grove Millions have sat under the “big top,” watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created one of our country’s most beloved pastimes. In Battle for the Big Top, New York Times–bestselling author Les Standiford brings to life a remarkable era when three circus kings—James Bailey, P. T. Barnum, and John Ringling—all vied for control of the vastly profitable and influential American Circus. Ultimately, the rivalry of these three men resulted in the creation of an institution that would surpass all intentions and, for 147 years, hold a nation spellbound. Filled with details of their ever-evolving showmanship, business acumen, and personal magnetism, this Ragtime-like narrative will delight and enchant circus-lovers and anyone fascinated by the American experience.
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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: Laura A. Woollett
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2015-06-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 1613731175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational Literacy Association Award Winner for Intermediate Nonfiction 2016 Eureka Children's Book Honor 2016 On July 6, 1944, thousands of fans made their way to Barbour Street in Hartford, Connecticut, to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance. Not long after the show's start, a fire broke out and spread rapidly as panicked circus-goers pushed and scrambled to escape. Within 10 minutes the entire big top had burned to the ground, and 167 people never went home. Big Top Burning recounts the true story of one of the worst fire disasters in US history. It follows the tragic stories of the Cook family—including children Donald, Eleanor, and Edward, who were in the audience that day—and 15-year-old Robert Segee, a circus employee with an incendiary past. Drawing on primary sources and interviews with survivors, author Laura Woollett guides readers through several decades of investigations and asks, Wasthe unidentified body of a little girl nicknamed"Little Miss 1565" Eleanor Cook?Was the fire itself an act of arson—anddid Robert Segee set it? Young readers are invited to evaluate the evidence and draw their own conclusions. Combining a gripping disaster story, an ongoing detective and forensics saga, and vivid details about life in World War II–era America, Big Top Burning is sure to intrigue any history or real-life mystery fan.
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Published: 1934
Total Pages: 24
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