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Book Title
American Sideshow : an Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
Publication Name
American Sideshow
Title
American Sideshow
Subtitle
An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange
Author
Marc Hartzman
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
EAN
9781585425303
ISBN
9781585425303
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Genre
History, Social Science, Performing Arts
Topic
Circus, United States / 20th Century, Popular Culture
Release Date
21/09/2006
Release Year
2006
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
9in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Publication Year
2006
Item Width
7.5in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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A fascinating look into the history of the American sideshow and its performers. Learn what's real, what's fake, and what's just downright bizarre. You've probably heard of Tom Thumb. The Elephant Man. Perhaps even Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. But what about Eli Bowen, the legless acrobat? Or Prince Randian, the human torso? These were just a few of the many stars that shone during the heyday of the American sideshow, from 1840 to 1950. American Sideshow chronicles the lives of truly amazing performers, examining these brave and extraordinary curiosities not just as sideshow performers but as people, delving into the lives they led and the ways they were able to triumph over and even benefit from their abnormalities. American Sideshow discusses the rise and fall of the original sideshows and their subsequent replacement by today's self-made freaks. With the progress of modern medicine, technological advancements, and the wonderful world of body modification, abnormalities are being overcome, treated and even prevented: Siamese twins can now be separated, and in addition to this, tongues can be forked, horns surgically implanted, and earlobes removed. There are also, of course, modern-day giants, fire eaters, sword swallowers, glass eaters, human blockheads, and oh, so much more. These fascinating personalities are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs. Approximately two hundred performers from the past one hundred and sixty years are featured, giving readers a comprehensive and sometimes astonishing look into the history of the American sideshow

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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1585425303
ISBN-13
9781585425303
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
American Sideshow : an Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
Author
Marc Hartzman
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Circus, United States / 20th Century, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2006
Genre
History, Social Science, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.5in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

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Grade to
Up
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
791.3/5/0922 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • American Sideshow by Jeremy P. Tarcher, Marc Hartzman

    I absolutely love this book & if you are a lover of the bizarre you will too. The people (& I stress PEOPLE) featured in this book are some of the amazing individuals you will ever read about. There have been so many sideshows throughout the late 18/early 1900's. It is amazing that there is even any information, let alone pictures available of these awesome folks. A lot of people called them freaks, but who was really the freak here? These people took their deformities & unusual talents which would have made them outcasts, homeless & often committed as wards of the state to mental institutions and used them in a way that made them rich beyond some of our wildest dreams. If you say they were exploited you are wrong (in most cases... unfortunately there was a percentage of sideshow ...

  • Love it!

    This book was exactly what I was looking for. It is so interesting, so many facts on so many performers! Lots of background info on the sideshows and circuses! I love that there are pictures of almost everyone featured! Great book , highly recommended if you are interested in sideshow performers!

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  • Excellent read!!!

    Have mowed through this book in 3 days!!! Very well written, interesting comments, great pictures and thorough backgrounds. Written with respect to the performers and showmen and their individual motivations and personal representation as real human beings. Engrossing from a sociological standpoint as well as an entertainment standpoint. Great compilation of a by- gone history! Going to keep this one!

  • Thank you I learn things I did not know

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