Format:
Online-Ressource (xxi 401 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0813123585
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9780813123585
Content:
On small-town ballfields and county fairgrounds, the sideshow performers set up their tents and trailers in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. There they amazed us with daring feats such as fire eating and sword swallowing, intrigued us with exhibitions of human oddities and various "anatomical wonders," and yes, deceived us with illusions such as "Atasha the Gorilla Girl" and even outright fakes. These bizarre spectacles engaged the mind as well as the eye. Was the human blockhead act, in which the performer pounded a large nail or ice pick into his nostril, real or fake? Was the so-called allig
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-360) and index
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Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Origins of the Sideshow; 2 On the Midway; 3 The Ten-in-One; 4 Human Oddities Large and Small; 5 Human Oddities Between a half and two; 6 Other Human Oddities; 7 Anatomical Wonders; 8 Created Oddities; 9 Working Acts; 10 Illusions; 11 Animal Shows; 12 Curios; 13 The Egress; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Secrets of the Sideshows
Language:
English
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