Life in a Three-Ring Circus is a colorful and captivating volume highlighting IndianaÍs long association with the circus industry, which began with the Great Wallace Circus in Peru, 1884. It contains 32 full-color posters from the collection of the Indiana Historical Society and oral histories from Hoosiers who participated in life under the big top.
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Sharon L. Smith, a free-lance writer, conducted interviews with many of the performers and also wrote a brief history of the circus in Indiana.
Stephen J. Fletcher, curator of visual collections at the Society, also contributed an overview of the circus posters.
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AN EXTRAVAGANT AND POPULAR TYPE OF THEATER, THE CIRCUS HAS BEEN around in one or another for more than two thousand years, beginning with Rome's Circus Maximus three hundred years before the time of Christ. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ringling Brothers, Tom Dunwoody, Terrell Jacobs, Emmett Kelly, International Circus Hall of Fame, John Fugate, Weary Willie, Clyde Beatty, United States, Circus City Festival, Madison Square Garden, Mickey King, George Hammond, Main Street, Tarzan Zerbini New!
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AN EXTRAVAGANT AND POPULAR TYPE OF THEATER, THE CIRCUS HAS BEEN around in one or another for more than two thousand years, beginning with Rome's Circus Maximus three hundred years before the time of Christ. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
big top Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ringling Brothers, Tom Dunwoody, Terrell Jacobs, Emmett Kelly, International Circus Hall of Fame, John Fugate, Weary Willie, Clyde Beatty, United States, Circus City Festival, Madison Square Garden, Mickey King, George Hammond, Main Street, Tarzan Zerbini New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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