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Language: en
Pages: 305
Pages: 305
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-21 - Publisher: Penguin
A fascinating look into the history of the American sideshow and its performers. Learn what's real, what's fake, and what's just downright bizarre. You've proba
Language: en
Pages: 302
Pages: 302
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. This book reveals the image o
Language: en
Pages: 100
Pages: 100
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Step right up! The show's about to begin with this mesmerizing collection of outrageous banners from the heydey of traveling circus sideshows. From the turn of
Language: en
Pages: 542
Pages: 542
Language: en
Pages: 174
Pages: 174
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Last Gasp
This is a colourful history of the carnival sideshow and its distinctive banner art. With one hundred colour photographs, the book lovingly surveys this now van