Battle for the big top : P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the death-defying saga of the American circus
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541762282 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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x, 255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | World on fire -- Before the big top -- The periodic table of circus elements -- On American shores -- Pachyderm on the half shelf -- Readying for takeoff -- How they roll -- What's in a name -- Growing a stake -- Clash of the Titans -- A showman hits his stride -- First tour of duty -- Museum master -- General Tom -- Est arrive -- Riches to rags, and back again -- The circus comes calling -- Mr. B, meet Mr. B. -- On massive shoulders -- The greatest show -- Upstarts -- The coming men -- Punch and counter punch -- Building a Leviathan -- Terms of success -- The price of love -- Last man standing -- Patriarch of paradise -- The last race -- After the ball -- out of the ashes -- Rock and roll to the rescue -- What remains. |
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Subject: | Bailey, James Anthony 1847-1906 Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) 1810-1891 Ringling, John 1866-1936 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows. Circus United States History |
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Stroud Branch | 791.3092 Sta | 31681010239549 | NONFIC | Available | - |