Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 401 pages)
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illustrations
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0813123585
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0813171792
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0813137373
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9780813123585
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9780813171791
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9780813137377
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
Content:
Origins of the sideshow -- On the midway -- The ten-in-one -- Human oddities : large and small -- Human oddities : between a half and two -- Other human oddities -- Anatomical wonders -- Created oddities -- Working acts -- Illusions -- Animal shows -- Curios -- The egress
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-360) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0813123585
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813123585
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nickell, Joe Secrets of the sideshows Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005
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English
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