Jando Dominique: The Circus, 1870s-1950s
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: During its heyday, the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling American circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils and strapping super-heroes gripped the American imagination, outshining…