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Sideshow U.S.A. : Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination
Rachel Adams
Paperback - $29.95
A staple of American popular culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after the Second World War. But as Rachel Adams reveals in "Sideshow U.S.A.," images of the freak show, with its combination of ...
The Contemporary Circus : Art of the Spectacular
Ernest Albrecht
Paperback - $123.95
Creating the Contemporary Circus is an examination and analysis of the creative process whereby such circuses as Cirque du Soleil, the Big Apple Circus and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey develop their productions.
The New American Circus
Ernest Albrecht
Hardcover - $47.95
In the 1970s a group of men and women with few ties to the circus emerged from the counterculture revolution and took to the streets, where they discovered how to entertain an audience. At a time when the Big Top was beset by shabby excess, escalatin ...
Ringlingville USA : The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success
Jerry Apps
Hardcover - $70.95
"Ringlingville USA is the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever known. This is an extensively illustrated history with many never before published photos. This first history of the Ring ...
Ringlingville USA : The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success
Jerry Apps
Paperback - $37.95
"Ringlingville USA is the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever known. This is an extensively illustrated history with many never before published photos. This first history of the Ring ...
Tents, Tigers, and the Ringling Brothers
Jerry Apps
Paperback - $20.95
This new addition to the Badger Biography series for young readers features the story of the young Ringling brothers of circus fame. The book tells the inspiring story of the seven sons of German and French immigrants who were guided by their dreams ...
The Circus and Victorian Society
Brenda Assael
Hardcover - $72.95
It was during the Victorian era that the circus, whose origins lay in the fair-ground world, emerged as a commercialized entertainment that we would recognize today. This development was intricately tied to a widespread demand for circus acts by a br ...
Cirque Du Soleil : 20 Years Under the Sun - An Authorized History
Tony Babinski
Hardcover - $88.95
Cirque du Soleil has become an international theatrical sensation, having thrilled the imaginations of more than 40 million people with its innovative circus experience. In 20 years, Cirque du Soleil skyrocketed from a troupe on the streets of Montre ...
Freak Show : Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Robert Bogdan
Paperback - $34.95
From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other ...