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The Floating Circus

Author : Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1599908093
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Floating Circus written by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1852 Ohio, twelve-year-old Owen steals aboard a floating circus called the River Palace, with nothing more in mind than catching a little of the show. But then a free black man named Solomon offers to take him on as an assistant animal keeper, and Owen discovers a family among the ragtag members of the circus-including a young elephant named Little Bet. A brush with yellowfever in New Orleans and a devastating storm threaten the boat and its crew. But it's the menace of slave catchers that poses the greatest danger of all, and that will put Owen's loyalty to Solomon and Little Bet to the test. This is a memorable tale of prejudice, race, and the relationships that transcend them. Inspired by the riverboat circuses of the nineteenth century, it also brings little known historical facts to life. TRACIE VAUGHN ZIMMER has worked as a special education teacher and reading specialist. She is also the creator of more than 80 teacher's guides for numerous publishers and has published poetry books as well as the novel Reaching for Sun. Tracie lives outside Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children. www.tracievaughnzimmer.com PRAISE FOR REACHING FOR SUN: "Like taking slow bites from a piece of homemade lemon pie-sharp sweet and honest." -Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner "Josie's strength shines as she handles sadness and loss as well as recovery and progress."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Floating Circuses

Author : Harold E. Briggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Floating Circuses written by Harold E. Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Night Circus

Author : Erin Morgenstern
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385534647
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Night Circus written by Erin Morgenstern and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #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.

Sammy Rambles and the Floating Circus

Author : J. Scott
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523724802
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Sammy Rambles and the Floating Circus written by J. Scott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running yet again from bullies who have no reason to pick on him other than because of his parents successful careers, Sammy leaps into his mother's car one afternoon and she decides he must change schools. They meet Sir Lok Ragnarok, Headmaster of Dragamas School for Dragon Charming, and things change very quickly. But as he settles in, Sammy learns of a dark fate hanging over the school. An enemy, known only as the Shape, is trying to destroy all dragons and close the school, unless Sir Ragnarok can pay their ransom. Not wanting to return to his old school and the bullies, Sammy and his new friends Dixie Deane and Darius Murphy set about uncovering who or what is behind the Shape and ensuring the school can continue. Their adventure uncovers old secrets both within the school and the mysterious lands above the school that they visit. Sammy's journey tests him to the limit, cements his friendships and increases his skills which will be used in his coming years at Dragamas.

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.

Circusana

Author : San Antonio Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Circusana written by San Antonio Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ordinary Acrobat

Author : Duncan Wall
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307962296
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Ordinary Acrobat written by Duncan Wall and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school. When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as a college student in Paris, everything about it—the monochromatic costumes, the acrobat singing Simon and Garfunkel, the juggler reciting Proust—was captivating. Soon he was waiting outside stage doors, eagerly chatting with the stars, and attending circuses two or three nights a week. So great was his enthusiasm that a year later he applied on a whim to the training program at the École Nationale des Arts du Cirque—and was, to his surprise, accepted. Sometimes scary and often funny, The Ordinary Acrobat follows the (occasionally literal) collision of one American novice and a host of gifted international students in a rigorous regimen of tumbling, trapeze, juggling, and clowning. Along the way, Wall introduces readers to all the ambition, beauty, and thrills of the circus’s long history: from hardscrabble beginnings to Gilded Age treasures, and from twentieth-century artistic and economic struggles to its brilliant reemergence in the form of contemporary circus (most prominently through Cirque du Soleil). Readers meet figures past—the father of the circus, Philip Astley; the larger-than-life P. T. Barnum—and present, as Wall seeks lessons from innovative masters including juggler Jérôme Thomas and clown André Riot-Sarcey. As Wall learns, not everyone is destined to run away with the circus—but the institution fascinates just the same. Brimming with surprises, outsized personalities, and plenty of charm, The Ordinary Acrobat delivers all the excitement and pleasure of the circus ring itself.

Olympians of the Sawdust Circle

Author : William Lawrence Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809503107
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Olympians of the Sawdust Circle written by William Lawrence Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an attempt to identify every major and minor player in the American circus world of the nineteenth century. This A-Z guide lists: surname, given name, dates of birth and death (if known), type of entertainment (and function) with which the individual was associated, and the companies and dates by whom the person was employed. Every researcher and library interested in American circus history will need this seminal guide. An absolutely astonishing piece of scholarship.

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre

Author : Gerald Bordman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199771154
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to American Theatre written by Gerald Bordman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-06 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its "wealth of authoritative information" (Back Stage), its "fascinating picture of the volatile American stage" (The Guardian), and its "well-chosen, illuminating facts" (Newsday). Now thoroughly revised, this distinguished volume once again provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present. Completely updated by theater professor Thomas Hischak, the volume includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more. The book covers not only classic works (such as Death of a Salesman) but also many commercially successful plays (such as Getting Gertie's Garter), plus entries on foreign figures that have influenced our dramatic development (from Shakespeare to Beckett and Pinter). New entries include recent plays such as Angels in America and Six Degrees of Separation, performers such as Eric Bogosian and Bill Irwin, playwrights like David Henry Hwang and Wendy Wasserstein, and relevant developments and issues including AIDS in American theatre, theatrical producing by Disney, and the rise in solo performance. Accessible and authoritative, this valuable A-Z reference is ideal not only for students and scholars of theater, but everyone with a passion for the stage.

Lionboy

Author : Zizou Corder
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141941286
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Lionboy written by Zizou Corder and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Ashanti, the hero of LIONBOY, speaks cat - the language of all cats wild and domestic alike. His unusual talent helps him on his quest to find his kidnapped parents who have discovered a cure for asthma. The local cats of his home town (a futuristic London) start him on his search to solve the mystery of his missing parents, which leads him across the channel on board a circus ship bound for Paris. It is on this wonderful vessel that Charlie establishes a close relationship with the homesick circus lions who become his accomplices. But Charlie is in danger, for close behind him on his trail, is a crony of the mysterious group who have kidnapped his parents. They want Charlie too.

Corpus Juris

Author : William Mack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Corpus Juris written by William Mack and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theatrical Evolution, 1776-1976

Author : Kenneth Spritz
Publisher : Hudson River Museum
ISBN 13 : 9780890620212
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Theatrical Evolution, 1776-1976 written by Kenneth Spritz and published by Hudson River Museum. This book was released on 1976 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Entertainment in the Old West

Author : Jeremy Agnew
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462809
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Entertainment in the Old West written by Jeremy Agnew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miners, loggers, railroad men, and others flooded into the American West after the discovery of gold in 1848, and entertainers seeking to fill the demand for distraction from the workers' daily toil soon followed. Actors, actresses and traveling troupes crisscrossed the American frontier, performing in tents, saloons, fancy theaters, and the open air. This exploration of the heyday of popular theater in the Old West chronicles its emergence and growth from 1850 to the early twentieth century. Here is the story of the men and women who provided myriad types of entertainment in the Old West, and brought excitement, laughter and tears to generations of pioneers.

United States Statutes Annotated: Titles 1 to 22. The Congress. The President. Departments. Army & Navy, etc

Author : United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1564 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Statutes Annotated: Titles 1 to 22. The Congress. The President. Departments. Army & Navy, etc written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 Saturday Evening Post

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Evening Post written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre

Author : Don B. Wilmeth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521564441
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre written by Don B. Wilmeth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-06-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new and updated Guide, with over 2,700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the U.S., plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major U.S. cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry. Highly illustrated, the Guide is supplemented with a historical survey as introduction, a bibliography of major sources published since the first edition, and a biographical index covering over 3,200 individuals mentioned in the text."--BOOK JACKET.