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Author : Freeman H. Hubbard
Publisher : New York : American Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Meredith Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015009021992
Paintings, prints, drawings, posters, photographs, and narrative create the excitement of a circus's coming to town.
Author : Outlet,Outlet Book Company Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517392445
Author : Charles Everett Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015042398068
A candid look behind the scenes as well as on stage as Wilkins tours with the Great Wallenda Circus and reports on the daily lives, the courageous acts, and the complex personalities of these professionals who defy death daily.
Author : Linda Simon
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780233987
“Step right up!” and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth—the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible—a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world. Traveling back to the circus’s early days, Linda Simon takes us to eighteenth-century hippodromes in Great Britain and intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted with aerialists and clowns. She introduces us to P. T. Barnum, James Bailey, and the enterprising Ringling Brothers and reveals how they created the golden age of American circuses. Moving forward to the whimsical Circus Oz in Australia and to New York City’s Big Apple Circus and the grand spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, she shows how the circus has transformed in recent years. At the center of the story are the people—trick riders and tightrope walkers, sword swallowers and animal trainers, contortionists and clowns—that created the sensational, raucous, and sometimes titillating world of the circus. Beautifully illustrated and filled with rich historical detail and colorful anecdotes, The Greatest Shows on Earth is a vibrant history for all those who have ever dreamed of running away to the circus.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Circus
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016993482
A photographic documentation of the Beatty-Cole Circus, recording and portraying the customs, activities, animals, and singular personalities of an endangered way of life.
Author : Nick West
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450038607
With Civil War closing in, a small horse-drawn circus travels the southeastern United States in a time when there was no electricity, no paved roads, few bridges, and poor directions between towns. Braving bad weather, outlaws, and the clouds of war, this is the true story of one circus family that made that tour. It is a love story of a young girl who was a bareback rider with the circus and the young man who joined the circus just to be near her. It is also the story of a black man who joined the circus to search for his sister who was a slave. It is the story of lifetime friendships that bonded men from the North and South, black and white, in a love for each other that transcended the horror of approaching war. Based on characters who were there and events that actually happened, this book is at once a love story and great adventure. This is the story of a twoand-a-half-year-long, six-thousand-mile adventure and the people who were there. For reader reviews, log on to Amazon.com and search for The Great Southern Circus.
Author : Ian Falconer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780857073464
It's show-and-tell time at Olivia's school and she's telling her class about the time she went to the circus and all the performers were sick... so Olivia had to do everything. She tamed the lions, balanced on stilts, juggled and even played the clown. 'Was that true?' Olivia's teacher asks. 'Quite true,' says Olivia. 'Are you sure Olivia?' 'To the best of my recollection,' she says.
Author : Jim Peterson,Donna Peterson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439656143
Milwaukee was home to the Great Circus Parade for almost 30 years. Beginning in 1963 and continuing until 1972, the parade became an annual tradition, except in 1967 when the event was cancelled because of civil unrest. Revived on a smaller scale in 1980, the parade traveled between Baraboo and Chicago until it returned to Milwaukee in 1985. Each year, it grew in size and scope, gaining national prominence. The old-fashioned circus parade became an event of mammoth proportions, requiring an army of volunteers working behind the scenes.
Author : Charles Philip Fox
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780486133850
Here collected together for the first time are 48 large, full-color, rare posters, 1890s-1940s, superbly reproduced. The posters feature many of the greats of the American circus: Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey, Sparks, more.
Author : Amita Parikh
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443465007
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER At the World of Wonders, Europe’s most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems—especially for the people who put on the show Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, despite her father’s overprotectiveness and the limitations of her wheelchair. Lena’s unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. Over several years, as their friendship flourishes and Alexandre trains as the illusionist’s apprentice, World War II escalates around them. When Theo and Alexandre are contracted to work and perform in a model town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena becomes separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, she must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible—herself. A must-read for fans of The Night Circus and Water for Elephants, The Circus Train will take readers on a heart-rending and spectacular two-decade journey across Europe. When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward?
Author : Mónica Carretero
Publisher : Cuento de Luz
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788415241386
Small, seemingly insignificant insects decide to change their lives in this story about believing in ourselves and developing the artist in all of us. Guided Reading Level: N, Lexile Level: 930L
Author : Erin Morgenstern
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385534642
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.
Author : Gary Burns
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405192057
A Companion to Popular Culture is a landmark survey of contemporary research in popular culture studies that offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. Includes over two dozen essays covering the spectrum of popular culture studies from food to folklore and from TV to technology Features contributions from established and up-and-coming scholars from a range of disciplines Offers a detailed history of the study of popular culture Balances new perspectives on the politics of culture with in-depth analysis of topics at the forefront of popular culture studies
Author : Peter Spier
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307982889
Come join the circus as Caldecott Medal-winner Peter Spier takes you for a look under the big top! The circus is coming to town! Take your front row seat to see how a circus runs—from setting up the tent to performing center ring. Go soaring through the air on the flying trapeze and see how performers from all over the world come together to put on a show. With showbiz excitement that only the circus can create—and Peter Spier's signature humorous details waiting to be discovered on every page—this book is a guaranteed ticket to fun and adventure. "A treat!"—Kirkus "This premier illustrator offers a glorious new treat. . . . Children will undoubtedly want to pore over it."—School Library Journal
Author : Cassie Beasley
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781910002582
Micah's grandfather is gravely ill. He tells his grandson about a mysterious magic circus he visited as a boy, where he was promised a miracle by a man who can bend light. Micah is determined to find out the truth of the Circus Mirandus before it's too late, but he'll have to wrestle with giant white tigers - and his wicked aunt - along the way.