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Author : Thomas Frost
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Circus Life and Circus Celebrities written by Thomas Frost and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Frost
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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Circus Life and Circus Celebrities written by Thomas Frost and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas 1821-1908 Frost
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ISBN 13 : 9781360862408
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (624 download)
Download or read book CIRCUS LIFE & CIRCUS CELEBRITI written by Thomas 1821-1908 Frost and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Frost
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230858241
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (582 download)
Download or read book Circus Life and Circus Celebrities written by Thomas Frost and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...nude state, stretched on the back of a wild horse, and inviting the public to go to Astley's, and see ' the beautiful Menken.' Young men thronged the theatre to witness this combination of poses plastiqiws with dramatic spectacle, and 'girls of the period' dressed their hair a la Menken, that is, like the frizzled crop of a negress; but the theatrical critics looked coldly and sadly upon tho performance, and accused the management of ministering to a vitiated taste. Adah Menken was at this time in her twentyseventh year, and had a few years previously become the wife of Heenan, the pugilist, whose fine figure had won her regards when the wealthiest men in California were competing for her favours. The union was not a happy one, for which result both the parties have been blamed; and the cause of difference was probably one in respect of which neither could reproach the other without provoking recrimination. Heenan, who was then in London, might often have been seen at Astley's during his wife's engagement, and it was said that both desired a reconciliation, and that Adah had come to England with that view; but nothing came of it. 'The beautiful Menken' went to Paris, and was said to be on terms of tender intimacy with the elder Dumas. She died in Paris shortly afterwards, and her remains rest in the cemetery of Pere La Chaise. Adah Isaacs Menken was undoubtedly a woman of rare natural talents and great accomplishments. While in London, she published a volume of poems, with the general title of Infelicia, which correctly describes their tone and character. Some of them are as wild as anything which has emanated from Walt Whitman, and more are replete with the weird fancies and wayward genius of Poe; but all are pervaded by a deep and...
Author : Thomas Frost
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428434762
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Circus Life and Circus Celebrities (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Frost and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Circus Life and Circus Celebrities But of the circus artistes - the riders, the clowns, the acrobats, the gymnasts, - what do we know? How many are there, unconnected with the saw dust, who can say that they have known a member of that strange race Charles Dickens, who was perhaps as well acquainted with the physiology of the less known sections of society as any man of his day, whetted public curiosity by introducing his readers to the humours of Sleary's circus; and the world wants to know more about the subject. When, it is asked, will another saw-dust artiste give us such an amusing book as Wallett presented the world with, in his autobiography? When are the reminiscences of the late Nelson Lee to be published With the exception of the autobiography of Wallett. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Thomas Frost
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
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Author : Richard Daniel Altick
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674807310
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Shows of London written by Richard Daniel Altick and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of London entertainment from 1600 to the end of the 1850's.
Author : Thomas Frost
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs written by Thomas Frost and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs is an interesting and in-depth encyclopedia about various well-known 19th-century London fairs. You will enjoy reading these descriptions of these fascinating and wondrous amusement parks. Contents: "Origins of Fairs, Amusements of the Fairs in the Middle Ages, Strolling Players in the Seventeenth Century, Attempts to Suppress the Shows at Bartholomew Fair..."
Author : Peta Tait
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000156052
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Circus Studies Reader written by Peta Tait and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this diverse and emerging field. It brings together the work of over 30 scholars in this discipline, including Janet Davis, Helen Stoddart and Peta Tait, to highlight and address the field’s key historical, critical and theoretical issues. It is organised into three accessible sections, Perspectives, Precedents and Presents, which approach historical aspects, current issues, and the future of circus performance. The chapters, grouped together into 13 theme-based sub-sections, provide a clear entry point into the field and emphasise the diversity of approaches available to students and scholars of circus studies. Classic accounts of performance, including pieces by Philippe Petit and Friedrich Nietzsche, are included alongside more recent scholarship in the field. Edited by two scholars whose work is strongly connected to the dynamic world of performance, The Routledge Circus Studies Reader is an essential teaching and study resource for the emerging discipline of circus studies. It also provides a stimulating introduction to the field for lovers of circus.
Author : T. Simpson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230116531
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Murder and Media in the New Rome written by T. Simpson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself.
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Total Pages : 1464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Publisher and Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Total Pages : 1208 pages
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Download or read book The Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Woolf
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1789290368
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Wonders written by John Woolf and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the Victorian freak show and circus, and the remarkable cast of characters who performed in them.
Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317431588
Total Pages : 2733 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Selected Works of Eric Partridge written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 2733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.
Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317432150
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Slang written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics and quirks of the English and American languages. As well as looking at commonly used slang, there are sections that give the reader insight into more unusual areas such as Cockney slang, slang in journalism and slang in commerce, as well as slang used by sailors, the law and the church. The book will be of interest to scholars and the general readers who take an interest in language.
Author : Linda Simon
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780233981
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Shows on Earth written by Linda Simon and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447495799
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Slang To-Day and Yesterday written by Eric Partridge and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
