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- Book Title
- Secrets of the Sideshows
- ISBN
- 9780813191959
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Secrets of the Sideshows
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 24.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 424 Pages
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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
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University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813191955
ISBN-13
9780813191959
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65668476
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Publication Name
Secrets of the Sideshows
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
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Gv1835.N53 2008
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College Graduate Student
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A book that gives you the straight lowdown on the acts and the people behindthem. A clear-eyed look into a vanishing bit of Americana. Intriguing andunique., ""To find out how it's done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell's comprehensive Secrets of the Sideshows." -- Entertainment Weekly" -- Entertainment Weekly, Ever since I saw Penn and Teller 'eat' fire and pontificate on the circus sideshow, I have been curious to learn more about it, not only the history and culture of the sideshow, but the secrets themselves! Nickell delivers brilliantly., "Nickell takes us inside the world of fire-eaters, sword-swallowers, jugglers, snake-handlers, and magicians to explain the illusions and oddities we may have puzzled over but never fully understood.-- Robert A. Baker, author of They Call It Hypnosis" -- Robert A. Baker, author of They Call It Hypnosis, "Simultaneously provides an insider's glimpse of that world on the skirts of the main event and an excursion into a vanishing feature of North American life." -- PsycCritiques, "An exciting experience of the mostly American phenomenon of carnys, sideshows, freaks, and carnivals." -- UFO Aktuellt, To find out how it's done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell's comprehensive Secrets of the Sideshows., "The author, lifting up the back flap of the tent show, reveals, informs, and presents a range of human oddities from the 'real' to the 'created.'-- Linking Ring" -- Linking Ring, ""A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible." " -- Foreword Magazine, "If there's a more incredibly thorough or more thoroughly incredible bookout there on the past, present and future of the midway, I don't know it. Blessed are all we rubes that Joe Nickell's Secrets of the Sideshows is outin the world." -- James Taylor, author of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off theMidw, "A book that gives you the straight lowdown on the acts and the people behindthem. A clear-eyed look into a vanishing bit of Americana. Intriguing andunique." -- Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award winning author of The Bottoms and Freezer Burn, To be sure, he gives plenty of secrets away here, most of them open secrets, but the book works best as a tribute to the imagination of the performers and organizers of the exhibits which were meant to provoke and satisfy that admirable old human characteristic, curiosity.... If you want the lowdown on sideshows, step right up, ladies and gentlemen, Joe Nickell presents the best show on the midway., "Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell''s own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who''s wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created." --Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco Island (FL) Eagle, Meadville (PA) Tribune, Oakland (MD) Republican, (Sarasota, FL) Pelican Press, Rushville (IN) Republican, Venice (FL) Gondolier, "An enjoyable read.... Nickell has encyclopedic knowledge of sideshow history--which may be nearing its close.-- Roanoke (VA) Times" -- Roanoke (VA) Times, "To find out how it''s done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell''s comprehensive Secrets of the Sideshows ." -- Entertainment Weekly, "Nickell takes us inside the world of fire-eaters, sword-swallowers, jugglers, snake-handlers, and magicians to explain the illusions and oddities we may have puzzled over but never fully understood." -- Robert A. Baker, author of They Call It Hypnosis, ""Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created." " -- Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco I, "A book that gives you the straight lowdown on the acts and the people behindthem. A clear-eyed look into a vanishing bit of Americana. Intriguing andunique.-- Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award winning author of The Bottoms and Freezer Burn" -- Joe R. Lansdale, Edgar Award winning author of The Bottoms and Freezer Burn, Nickell takes us inside the world of fire-eaters, sword-swallowers, jugglers, snake-handlers, and magicians to explain the illusions and oddities we may have puzzled over but never fully understood., Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created., The author, lifting up the back flap of the tent show, reveals, informs, and presents a range of human oddities from the 'real' to the 'created.', "Ever since I saw Penn and Teller 'eat' fire and pontificate on the circus sideshow, I have been curious to learn more about it, not only the history and culture of the sideshow, but the secrets themselves! Nickell delivers brilliantly." -- Michael Shermer, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, If there's a more incredibly thorough or more thoroughly incredible bookout there on the past, present and future of the midway, I don't know it. Blessed are all we rubes that Joe Nickell's Secrets of the Sideshows is outin the world., Nickell offers first a history of sideshows... then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions.... Recommended., ""A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible."" -- Foreword Magazine, ""Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created." -- Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco Island (FL) Eagle, Meadville (PA) Tribune, Oakland (MD) Republican, (Sarasota, FL) Pelican Press, Rushville (IN) Republican, Venice (FL) Gondolier" -- Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco I, "Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell''s own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who''s wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created." -- Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco Island (FL) Eagle, Meadville (PA) Tribune, Oakland (MD) Republican, (Sarasota, FL) Pelican Press, Rushville (IN) Republican, Venice (FL) Gondolier, "The author, lifting up the back flap of the tent show, reveals, informs, and presents a range of human oddities from the 'real' to the 'created.'" -- Linking Ring, "Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created." -- Brookings (SD) Register, Simultaneously provides an insider's glimpse of that world on the skirts of the main event and an excursion into a vanishing feature of North American life., ""Nickell offers first a history of sideshows... then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions.... Recommended."" -- Choice, ""A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible." -- Foreword Magazine" -- Foreword Magazine, "If there's a more incredibly thorough shy;or more thoroughly incredible bookout there on the past, present and future of the midway, I don't know it. Blessed are all we rubes that Joe Nickell's Secrets of the Sideshows is outin the world.-- James Taylor, author of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off theMidway" -- James Taylor, author of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off theMidw, "An illustrated book for large popular-culture collections. Recommended for all levels.-- Choice" -- Choice, "A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible." --Foreword Magazine, "For an entertaining book on a rapidly fading culture that was once a thriving part of old America, be sure and pick up "The Secret of the Sideshows."" -- Jarrid Deaton, The Floyd County Times, ""Nickell offers first a history of sideshows... then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions.... Recommended." " -- Choice, "Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created.-- Brookings (SD) Register" -- Brookings (SD) Register, For an entertaining book on a rapidly fading culture that was once a thriving part of old America, be sure and pick up "The Secret of the Sideshows.", An exciting experience of the mostly American phenomenon of carnys, sideshows, freaks, and carnivals., "To be sure, he gives plenty of secrets away here, most of them open secrets, but the book works best as a tribute to the imagination of the performers and organizers of the exhibits which were meant to provoke and satisfy that admirable old human characteristic, curiosity.... If you want the lowdown on sideshows, step right up, ladies and gentlemen, Joe Nickell presents the best show on the midway.-- Times of Acadiana" -- Times of Acadiana, "To be sure, he gives plenty of secrets away here, most of them open secrets, but the book works best as a tribute to the imagination of the performers and organizers of the exhibits which were meant to provoke and satisfy that admirable old human characteristic, curiosity.... If you want the lowdown on sideshows, step right up, ladies and gentlemen, Joe Nickell presents the best show on the midway." -- Times of Acadiana, A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible., "If there's a more incredibly thorough or more thoroughly incredible bookout there on the past, present and future of the midway, I don't know it. Blessed are all we rubes that Joe Nickell's Secrets of the Sideshows is outin the world." -- James Taylor, author of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed: On & Off theMidw, ""Nickell offers first a history of sideshows... then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions.... Recommended." -- Choice" -- Choice, ""To find out how it's done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell's comprehensive Secrets of the Sideshows." " -- Entertainment Weekly, "A widely researched and splendidly illustrated history of the bizarre world of the exhibited abnormal and the demonstrated impossible." -- Foreword Magazine, "Nickell offers first a history of sideshows . . . then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions. . . . Recommended." -- Choice, "To find out how it''s done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell''s comprehensiveSecrets of the Sideshows." --Entertainment Weekly, "An Enjoyable Read.... Nickell Has Encyclopedic Knowledge of Sideshow History" -- Roanoke (VA) Times, ""To find out how it's done, and other carnival minutiae, browse Nickell's comprehensive Secrets of the Sideshows."" -- Entertainment Weekly, "Ever since I saw Penn and Teller 'eat' fire and pontificate on the circus sideshow, I have been curious to learn more about it, not only the history and culture of the sideshow, but the secrets themselves! Nickell delivers brilliantly.-- Michael Shermer, author of Why People Believe Weird Things" -- Michael Shermer, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, "Simultaneously provides an insider's glimpse of that world on the skirts of the main event and an excursion into a vanishing feature of North American life.-- PsycCritiques" -- PsycCritiques, "Nickell offers first a history of sideshows . . . then presents a comprehensive analysis of sideshow performers, skills, and illusions. . . . Recommended." --Choice, ""Using history, real carny language, stories from former sideshow workers and owners, and from Nickell's own archives, Secrets of the Sideshows is a wealth of information for circus fans or anyone who's wondered how those seemingly-impossible illusions are created."" -- Algona Upper Desmoines (IA), Brookings (SD) Register, Lake Country (WI), Marco I, "An exciting experience of the mostly American phenomenon of carnys, sideshows, freaks, and carnivals.-- UFO Aktuellt" -- UFO Aktuellt
Copyright Date
2008
Topic
Circus, Popular Culture
Dewey Decimal
791.35
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Performing Arts
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