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Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo lifts the curtain on carnivals in America. Here is the history of the North American side show at circuses and carnivals, along with the stories of freaks and other side show acts in other venues such as dime museums, store front shows, in vaudeville, on movie theatre stages — and even at touring whale shows. This follow-up to Seeing is Believing (ECW, 2002) tells the story of the carnival in words and pictures.

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A former circus owner chronicles the colourful history of sideshows. Full of photos from the author's private collection and evocative slang such as 'grifters' and 'lot lice, ' the book links exhibitions of freaks and curiosities past to today's Body Worlds science shows and reality-TV contests involving the ingestion of bugs. -- Globe and Mail

A former circus owner chronicles the colourful history of sideshows. Full of photos from the author's private collection and evocative slang such as 'grifters' and 'lot lice, ' the book links exhibitions of freaks and curiosities past to today's Body Worlds science shows and reality TV contests involving the ingestion of bugs. -- Globe and Mail

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A. W. Stencell owned and operated his own circus for 19 years and is a former president of the Circus Historical Society. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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