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Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus

Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus...
Author: J. Dee Hill , Phil Hollenbeck ISBN: 9781932360523 Format: Paperback	$55.00
Beyond the historical confines of Ringling Bros. and Cirque de Soleil, tightly knit alternative troups like Yard... Read More >>

Dreams of the Solo Trapeze: Offstage with the Cirque Du Soleil

Dreams of the Solo Trapeze: Offstage with the Cirque...
Author: Mark Schreiber ISBN: 9780975466407 Format: Hardback	$52.67
Enter a world unlike any other, where a dozen languages are spoken and scores of disciplines perfected--or invented;... Read More >>

Secrets of the Sideshows

Secrets of the Sideshows
Author: Joe Nickell ISBN: 9781282937291 Format: Electronic book text	$52.67
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Cirque du Soleil: 20 Years Under the

Cirque du Soleil: 20 Years Under the
Author: Tony Babinski ISBN: 9780810946361 Format: Hardback	$171.60
"An anniversary tribute to the sophisticated circus extravaganza shares the story of founder Guy Lalibert , charts... Read More >>

Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success

Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings...
Author: Jerry Apps , Fred Dahlinger ISBN: 9780870203558 Format: Paperback	$65.87
This is the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever... Read More >>

Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success

Ringlingville USA: The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings...
Author: Jerry Apps , Fred Dahlinger ISBN: 9780870203541 Format: Hardback	$118.80
This is the story of seven brothers who started with next to nothing and became the most famous circus family ever... Read More >>

Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape Woman

Julia Pastrana: The Tragic Story of the Victorian Ape...
Author: Christopher Hals Gylseth , Lars O Toverud ISBN: 9780750933131 Format: Paperback	$22.99
"In the middle of the 19th century, the ""ape woman"" Julie Pastrana, was visited by scientists of international... Read More >>

Midget Exhibit: Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display

Midget Exhibit: Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display...
Author: Mary L. Martin , Tina Skinner ISBN: 9780764321146 Format: Hardback	$26.99
In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement... Read More >>

The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown

The Great Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown
Author: Gérard (Jean) Régnier (Clair) ISBN: 9780300103755 Format: Hardback	$198.00
Discover a world of marvellous monsters and celestial creatures, of acrobats and harlequins in The Great Parade:... Read More >>

Masking Unmasked: Four Approaches to Basic Acting

Masking Unmasked: Four Approaches to Basic Acting
Author: E. Simon ISBN: 9781403962959 Format: Paperback	$39.95
Acting with masks is one of the most ancient stage techniques still in use today. Masking Unmasked is a basic guide... Read More >>

Big Apple Circus 25th Anniversary Book

Big Apple Circus 25th Anniversary Book
Author: Dominique Jando ISBN: 9789622177246 Format: Paperback	$79.07
The Big Apple Circus is one of the world's most celebrated circuses. Hundreds of thousands of fans fill the seats... Read More >>

Big Apple Circus 25th Anniversary Book

Big Apple Circus 25th Anniversary Book
Author: Dominique Jando ISBN: 9789622177239 Format: Hardback	$105.47
The Big Apple Circus is one of the world's most celebrated circuses. Hundreds of thousands of fans fill the seats... Read More >>

Struggles and Triumphs or Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum Vol. 2 (1871)

Struggles and Triumphs or Forty Years' Recollections...
Author: P. T. Barnum ISBN: 9780766155572 Format: Paperback	$100.19
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Struggles and Triumphs or Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum Vol. 1 (1871)

Struggles and Triumphs or Forty Years' Recollections...
Author: P. T. Barnum ISBN: 9780766155565 Format: Paperback	$92.27
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Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus

Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus
Author: Bruce Feiler ISBN: 9780060527020 Format: Paperback	$34.19
"The bestselling author of ""Walking the Bible"" renders ""a stunning collective portrait of an ingrown community... Read More >>

Seeing Is Believing: America's Side Shows

Seeing Is Believing: America's Side Shows
Author: A W Stencell ISBN: 9781550225297 Format: Paperback	$60.59
A history of midway attractions and the showmen who presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War... Read More >>

The Mathematics of Juggling

The Mathematics of Juggling
Author: Burkard Polster ISBN: 9780387955131 Format: Paperback	$131.87
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The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top

The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American...
Author: Janet M. Davis ISBN: 9780807853993 Format: Paperback	$73.79
This work explores the development of the early 20th-century circus against developments such as the rise of big... Read More >>

The Soviet Circus: A Series of Articles

The Soviet Circus: A Series of Articles
Author: Alexander Lipovsky ISBN: 9781589639706 Format: Paperback	$44.85
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Circus in America

Circus in America
Author: Tom Parkinson , Charles Philip Fox ISBN: 9780940512337 Format: Hardback	$131.87
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Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination

Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination...
Author: Rachel Adams (Columbia University) ISBN: 9780226005393 Format: Paperback	$54.95
A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after... Read More >>

Images from the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth-Century American Art

Images from the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth-Century...
Author: Donna Gustafson ISBN: 9780262072281 Format: Hardback	$118.80
The circus as a focal point of twentieth-century American art. Read More >>

The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy

The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy
Author: Joel Schechter ISBN: 9780809323579 Format: Paperback	$42.90
The history of the Pickle clowns and their comedy acts and eccentric dances, proves that a small circus can be innovative,... Read More >>

The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy

The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy
Author: Joel Schechter ISBN: 9780809323562 Format: Hardback	$84.70
The history of the Pickle clowns and their comedy acts and eccentric dances, proves that a small circus can be innovative,... Read More >>

The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum

The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age...
Author: James W. Cook ISBN: 9780674005914 Format: Paperback	$70.95
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