Those Golden Years The Circus
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Those Golden Years The Circus
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Author : John Papp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Those Golden Years The Circus written by John Papp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Circus categories.
The Golden Age Of The Circus
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Author : Howard Loxton
language : en
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Release Date : 1997
The Golden Age Of The Circus written by Howard Loxton and has been published by Smithmark Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The circus is an almost universal experience of childhood, which in adulthood is both a warm past memory and a thrill to experience with our own children. The Golden Age of the Circus looks back on the storied past of the circus, including histories of the many famous troops which have toured the world, discussions of the basics of all circuses -- clowns, wild animals, trapeze acts -- as well as biographies of the greatest of circus personalities. It is a charming, highly illustrated look at a perpetual institution in humanity, luring locals to come and visit and small children to dream of following them away. -- Biographies of top performers, promoters, and troops from around the world -- Rare archive and paraphernalia photos -- Circus posters from around the world
The Greatest Shows On Earth
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Author : Linda Simon
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2014-11-12
The Greatest Shows On Earth written by Linda Simon and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-12 with History categories.
Beautifully illustrated and filled with rich historical detail and colorful anecdotes, this is a vibrant history for all those who have ever dreamed of running away to the circus, now in paperback. “Step right up!” and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth—the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible—a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world. Traveling back to the circus’s early days, Linda Simon takes us to eighteenth-century hippodromes in Great Britain and intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted with aerialists and clowns. She introduces us to P. T. Barnum, James Bailey, and the enterprising Ringling Brothers and reveals how they created the golden age of American circuses. Moving forward to the whimsical Circus Oz in Australia and to New York City’s Big Apple Circus and the grand spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, she shows how the circus has transformed in recent years. At the center of the story are the people—trick riders and tightrope walkers, sword swallowers and animal trainers, contortionists and clowns—that created the sensational, raucous, and sometimes titillating world of the circus.
Golden Years Of Circus
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Author : Circus fan's association of Great Britain (London).
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Golden Years Of Circus written by Circus fan's association of Great Britain (London). and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Battle For The Big Top
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Author : Les Standiford
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-06-15
Battle For The Big Top written by Les Standiford and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with History categories.
“Les Standiford takes us under the big top and behind the curtain in this richly researched and thoroughly engaging narrative that captures all of the entrepreneurial intrigue and spirit of the American circus.” —Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Devil in the Grove Millions have sat under the “big top,” watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created one of our country’s most beloved pastimes. In Battle for the Big Top, New York Times–bestselling author Les Standiford brings to life a remarkable era when three circus kings—James Bailey, P. T. Barnum, and John Ringling—all vied for control of the vastly profitable and influential American Circus. Ultimately, the rivalry of these three men resulted in the creation of an institution that would surpass all intentions and, for 147 years, hold a nation spellbound. Filled with details of their ever-evolving showmanship, business acumen, and personal magnetism, this Ragtime-like narrative will delight and enchant circus-lovers and anyone fascinated by the American experience.
Butlins In Its Prime Those Golden Years
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Author : Rocky Mason
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-06-22
Butlins In Its Prime Those Golden Years written by Rocky Mason and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-22 with History categories.
Over 15 million adults in Great Britain have been to Butlins and they know Billy Butlin as the man who revolutionized their holiday habits. The general public revere him as the man who made luxury holidays affordable to the average British family, but do they know the true Billy Butlin? Butlins in its Prime is the second instalment in the life of Rocky Mason, focusing on his 30 year career working for a British holiday institution as well as his own personal tribute to the man, known as "The Holiday Camp King." With over 50 archive pictures, this book is a must for any Butlins Devotee
The American Circus
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Author : Susan Weber
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2012
The American Circus written by Susan Weber and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Circus categories.
A showcase of the "golden age" of the circus in America
The Routledge Circus Studies Reader
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Author : Peta Tait
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-10
The Routledge Circus Studies Reader written by Peta Tait and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-10 with Performing Arts categories.
The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this diverse and emerging field. It brings together the work of over 30 scholars in this discipline, including Janet Davis, Helen Stoddart and Peta Tait, to highlight and address the field’s key historical, critical and theoretical issues. It is organised into three accessible sections, Perspectives, Precedents and Presents, which approach historical aspects, current issues, and the future of circus performance. The chapters, grouped together into 13 theme-based sub-sections, provide a clear entry point into the field and emphasise the diversity of approaches available to students and scholars of circus studies. Classic accounts of performance, including pieces by Philippe Petit and Friedrich Nietzsche, are included alongside more recent scholarship in the field. Edited by two scholars whose work is strongly connected to the dynamic world of performance, The Routledge Circus Studies Reader is an essential teaching and study resource for the emerging discipline of circus studies. It also provides a stimulating introduction to the field for lovers of circus.
The Night
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Author : Rodrigo Blanco Calderon
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2022-02-08
The Night written by Rodrigo Blanco Calderon and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with Fiction categories.
For readers who love Bolaño, a new voice of Latin American fiction, winner of the Mario Vargas Llosa Prize. Recurring blackouts envelop Caracas in an inescapable darkness that makes nightmares come true. Real and fictional characters, most of them are writers, exchange the role of narrator in this polyphonic novel. They recount contradictory versions of the plot, a series of femicides that began with the energy crisis. The central narrator is a psychiatrist who manipulates the accounts of his friend, an author writing a book titled The Night; and his patient, an advertising executive obsessed with understanding the world through word puzzles. The author shifts between crime fiction and metafiction, cautioning readers that the events retold are both true and manipulated. This is a political novel about the financial crisis and socio-political division in Venezuela from 2008 to 2010. The title of the book, originally also in English, is a gesture towards Chavism's failure to resist US influence. Yet, the form is unapologetically literary, a reflection on the depiction and distortion of reality through storytelling. Blanco Calderón said about the potential of language, "I am convinced that all the evil in the world begins in them: in words" (Caracas, 2010).
Those Golden Days
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Author : Sally Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-07-26
Those Golden Days written by Sally Spencer and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with Fiction categories.
Continuing the brilliant East End saga featuring Becky and her family, from the author of UP OUR STREET The shadow of war hangs over the village of Marston, and Becky worries that her hot-headed son Billy will enlist the army. Her daughter Michelle is another cause for concern - since her illness she has withdrawn into herself, and Becky fears she will never be able to find real happyness. And Becky is not even aware of the great danger which looms on the horizon in the shape of her wicked brother -in-law Richard Worrel, who is determined to use his own son to destroy Beck's family