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Author:
Parsons, Neil.
Title:
Clicko : the wild dancing bushman / by Neil Parsons.
Publisher:
Jacana Media,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xv, 251 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Taibosh, Franz,--d. 1940.
Circus performers--Biography.
Korana (African people)--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-239) and index.
Summary:
"Franz Taibosh danced and yelled on stage as athe Wild Dancing Bushman for three decades in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. ... This book ... traces Franz Taibosh's early life in South Africa and his Korana ancestry, and shows how Bushmen from Africa became exhibits in Western show business"--P. [4] of cover.
ISBN:
1770097104 (pbk.)
9781770097100 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)405524170
LCCN:
2009480142
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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