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Ink from a Circus Press Agent

Author : Charles H. Day
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809513021
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Ink from a Circus Press Agent written by Charles H. Day and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty was to act as "an umpire between the show and the newspapers," and promote his company's greatness in order to generate public interest in advance of the performances. Charles H. Day, one of the leading "puffers" of his time, was particularly active between 1872-87, but unlike many of his colleagues, was also published widely in the entertainment newspapers and magazines. William L. Slout has collected together the best of Day's colorful and evocative essays of 19th-century circus life, and has also added a helpful Circus Personnel Reference Roster, notes, and detailed index.

Circus Life

Author : Micah D. Childress
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621903958
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Circus Life written by Micah D. Childress and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new incentives that rapid industrialization made possible. The circus has long been a subject of fascination for many, as evidenced by the millions of Americans that have attended circus performances over many decades since 1870, when the circus established itself as a truly unique entertainment enterprise. Yet the few analyses of the circus that do exist have only examined the circus as its own closed microcosm—the “circus family.” Circus Life, on the other hand, places circus employees in the larger context of the history of US workers and corporate America. Focusing on the circus as a business-entertainment venture, Childress pushes the scholarship on circuses to new depths, examining the performers, managers, and laborers’ lives and how the circus evolved as it grew in popularity over time. Beginning with circuses in the antebellum era, Childress examines changes in circuses as gender balances shifted, industrialization influenced the nature of shows, and customers and crowds became increasingly more middle-class. As a study in sport and social history, Childress’s account demonstrates how the itinerant nature of the circus drew specific types of workers and performers, and how the circus was internally in constant upheaval due to the changing profile of its patrons and a changing economy. MICAH D. CHILDRESS received his PhD in history from Purdue University and currently works as a Realtor® in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His articles have appeared in Popular Entertainment Studies and American Studies.

Printers' Ink

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Printers' Ink written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Printers' Ink; the ... Magazine of Advertising, Management and Sales

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1078 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Printers' Ink; the ... Magazine of Advertising, Management and Sales written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434437604
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History written by William L. Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: "En Route to the Great Eastern Circus" (on the creation of this great show); "The Great Eastern Circus of 1872" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); "The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie" (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); "What Goes Up...Comes Down" (how balloning became part of the circus environment); and "The Chicken or the Egg?" (on the first development of the double-ring act pioneered by Barnum and others). These vivid essays, highlighted by numerous contemporaneous excerpts from local newspapers, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.

Printed Salesmanship

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Printed Salesmanship written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Circuses of Ohio

Author : Conrade C. Hinds
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439666415
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Lost Circuses of Ohio written by Conrade C. Hinds and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century was the golden age of the circus in Ohio. Before the Ringling brothers became synonymous with the American circus, Cincinnati's John Robinson and the Sells brothers of Columbus wowed audiences with stunning equestrian feats and aerial exploits. For good measure, the Sells brothers threw in a sharpshooting show with a young Ohio woman by the name of Annie Oakley. The Walter L. Main Circus of Geneva and a number of smaller shows presented their own unique spectacles with exotic animals and daring acrobats. But for all the fun and games, Ohio's circus industry was serious business. As competition intensified, advertising wars erupted and acquisitions began. Eventually, Ringling Brothers swallowed many of these circuses one by one, and they dropped out of memory. Author Conrade C. Hinds brings this fascinating piece of Ohio show business back into the spotlight.

Printers' Ink Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Printers' Ink Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Rags to Ricketts and Other Essays on Circus History

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434449386
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book From Rags to Ricketts and Other Essays on Circus History written by William L. Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William L. Slout, circus historian par excellence, here provides six essays on the development of the American circus. "From Rags to Ricketts: The Roots of Circus in Early Gotham" looks at the beginnings of circus entertainment in old New York City during the eighteenth century. "The Great Roman Hippodrome of 1874: P. T. Barnum's 'Crowning Effort'" describes the great showman's grand experiment: the collection and display in the Big Apple of the "largest collection of living wild animals in the world." "The Recycling of the Dan Rice Paris Pavilion Circus" tells the story of an American circus entrepreneur who took his traveling show to Europe in 1867. "Strange Bedfellows: The Pogey O'Brien Interval, 1874-1875" relates how O'Brien partnered with P. T. Barnum to take the circus master's show on the road while Barnum was creating his "Great Roman Hippodrome." "Two Rings and a Hippodrome Track" demonstrates that the first two-ring circus mounted by Barnum (or anyone else) occurred in 1873, and not 1872, as previously supposed. Finally, "The Adventures of James M. Nixon, Forgotten Impresario," describes the career of a major circus manager who worked between the 1843-75, directly competing with Barnum for the same audience--and eventually losing the struggle. Slout’s vivid accounts, highlighted by contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the excitement generated locally by these traveling shows, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.

Clowns and Cannons

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809513048
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Clowns and Cannons written by William L. Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the survival of American circuses throughout one of the most perilous periods in our nation's history: 1860-1865. This was a period of transition for traveling exhibitions. The size of equipment and personnel had leveled off, performances were fixed, and the number of proprietors had reached a peak that would not be exceeded until the early 1870s. But still the show had to go on! Complete with notes, index, bibliography, and contemporaneous illustrations.

The Circus Age

Author : Janet M. Davis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807853993
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Circus Age written by Janet M. Davis and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis examines the history and cultural significance of circuses and Wild West shows in turn-of-the-century America.

Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log

Author : Joe Blackburn
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809513072
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log written by Joe Blackburn and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Blackburn, a clown who juggled on horseback, took a professional trip to England in 1838, accompanied by the noted American vaulter and bareback rider, Levi J. North. His account of their experiences abroad encompasses activity with the circuses of

A Royal Coupling

Author : William L, Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0893700134
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book A Royal Coupling written by William L, Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James A. Bailey and P. T. Barnum first joined forces to produce a double show in 1881--a royal coupling--inaugurating the "Golden Age" of the American circus. This book details some of the activity leading up to that notable landmark in amusement history, particularly during the decade of 1871-81. Complete with notes, bibliography, index, and contemporaneous illustrations.

Agnes Lake Hickok

Author : Carolyn M. Bowers
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185570
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Agnes Lake Hickok written by Carolyn M. Bowers and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok—a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes’s life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend. Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the “Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus.” While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok’s death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake’s successful equestrian career. This account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes’s life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes’s world to life.

The Burial of Alma

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434411524
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Burial of Alma written by William L. Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern comedy highlights the clash between Denver Littlefield, a history professor at a California University, and his actress wife, Sarah Coleman, whose sudden surge in popularity after being cast in a popular soap opera threatens to swamp her husband's image and career.

Tattoo Histories

Author : Sinah Theres Kloß
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000707989
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Tattoo Histories written by Sinah Theres Kloß and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal, essentialized history of tattooing, the volume’s objective is to focus on the entangled and transcultural histories, narratives, and practices related to tattoos. Contributions stem from various fields, including Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Linguistics, Media and Literary Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and Sociology. They advance the current endeavour on the part of tattoo scholars to challenge Eurocentric and North American biases prevalent in much of tattoo research, by including various analyses based in locations such as Malaysia, Israel, East Africa, and India. The thematic focus is on the transformative capacity of tattoos and tattooing, with regard to the social construction of bodies and subjectivity; the (re-)creation of social relationships through the definition of (non-)tattooed others; the formation and consolidation of group identities, traditions, and authenticity; and the conceptualization of art and its relevance to tattoo artist–tattooee relations.

Grand Entree

Author : Stuart Thayer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809513099
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Grand Entree written by Stuart Thayer and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the years 1870-75, this history celebrates the introduction of P. T. Barnum into circus proprietorship, an episode that connected his name and legend with this American institution for all time. By the middle of this decade, Barnum had become the most recognized personality of the nineteenth century--and a showman who is still remembered today. Complete with index, bibliography, notes, and contemporaneous illustrations.