Originally published: Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre, c1997. Includes index.
Contents:
pt. 7. Circus today...and beyond. pt. 2. Circus grows -- pt. 3. Circus is coming -- pt. 4. Circus life -- pt. 5. "Ladies and gentlemen..." -- pt. 6. Romance of the circus -- pt. 7. Circus today...and beyond.
Summary:
Traces the history of circuses from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece through their evolution in eighteenth-century Europe to the spectacles created by P.T. Barnum and other modern-day showmen.
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