The Circus  -  Linda Granfield

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During its heyday, the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling American circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils and strapping superheroes gripped the American imagination, outshining theater, comedy, and minstrel shows of the day, and ultimately paving the way for film and television. The circus...
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2014 Uitgever: Taschen 544 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 3836520257 ISBN-13: 9783836520256