Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo 9781550228809

Binding:
Paperback
Publish Date:
29/07/2010
ISBN-13:
9781550228809

Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo

Side Shock Circus Freaks, Carnival Jabbers and Blade Box
Subject: Circus
Publisher: ECW PRESS
The follow-up to Seeing is Believing (ECW Press, 2002) tells the fascinating story of the carnival in words and pictures. Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo follows the development of the circus sideshow with interviews and stories from sideshow workers that explain the role of freaks, working acts, managers and talkers and explores how important grift was to circuses and how it became located inside the sideshow.
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