Circus
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Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic
$19.99 Add to cartGold Winner, Nonfiction, 2024 Literary Titan Book Award
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Books of 2024
First Prize, Creative Nonfiction, 2024 North Street Book Prize
Circle of Sawdust is a uniquely personal st
- Author: Mermin, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1578691567
- Language: English
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Miracle Mongers and Their Methods (Centennial Edition): A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resistors, Poison Eaters, Venomou
$14.99 Add to cartThis book is a republication of the 1920 edition of Houdini’s Miracle Mongers and Their Methods, as originally published by E. P. Dutton & Company. In it, Houdini collects notes and stories about vari
- Author: Houdini
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 173532017X
- Language: English
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The Circus. 1870s-1950s
$100.00 Read moreIn its heyday, the American circus was the largest showbiz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show, emplo
- Author: Granfield, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 3836586649
- Language: English
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The Circus Fire
$16.95 Add to cartThe acclaimed author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy and heroism–the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.
It was a midsumm- Author: O’Nan, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 12 2001
- ISBN10: 0385496850
- Language: English
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The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore
$21.99 Add to cartWhat really happened on the circus train in 1918? Read the story of this tragedy for the entertainment industry of the time.
In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Lytle, Richard M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299312
- Language: English
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The Art of Clowning
$39.99 Add to cartThe Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their inner clown. This fun and accessible guide e… [more below]
- Author: E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0230339093
- Language: English
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Freak Babylon: An Illustrated History of Teratology and Freakshows
$19.95 Read moreFREAKe BABYLON is a sometimes startling, sometimes disturbing documentary of the history of one of mankind’s most fascinating sciences — teratology — and its dubious cultural correlative, the Freak… [more below]
- Author: Hunter, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1840681608
- Language: English
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Battle for the Big Top: P. T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus
$17.99 Read moreA New York Times bestselling author writes the untold story of three Golden Age titans and the confrontations, cutthroat business strategies, and eccentric personalities that built the Ringling Bros.,… [more below]
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1541762274
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Sideshow Geek: Snake Eaters, Human Ostriches, & Other Extreme Entertainments
$24.95 Add to cartDelve into the captivating and sometimes dark history of sideshow geeks and other eccentric acts of the past! With this book, you can explore the realm of forgotten carnival entertainment. Learn all a
- Author: Wakefield, Nathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1737203642
- Language: English
