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Under the big top : a season with the circus / Bruce Feiler.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780684197586
- ISBN: 0684197588
- ISBN: 0684197588
- ISBN: 0684197588
- ISBN: 9780684197586
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©1995.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Toe in the ring -- Circus on parade -- Under a canvas sky -- Rare breed of tiger -- First of May -- Facing the fire -- Outsiders always make mistakes -- Swings of fate -- This is when they become real -- Give the bear a dog -- Death of a naïf -- Amazing art of hair suspension -- Please don't pet the elephants -- Nights with white stallions -- Streak of blood -- Color of popcorn -- Star of the show -- Triple whammy -- Without saying goodbye -- Where are the clowns? -- Reborn -- Love on the wire -- At heaven's door -- American dream -- Behind the painted smiles -- Read all about it. Toe in the ring -- Circus on parade -- Under a canvas sky -- Rare breed of tiger -- First of May -- Facing the fire -- Outsiders always make mistakes -- Swings of fate -- This is when they become real -- Give the bear a dog -- Death of a naïf -- Amazing art of hair suspension -- Please don't pet the elephants -- Nights with white stallions -- Streak of blood -- Color of popcorn -- Star of the show -- Triple whammy -- Without saying goodbye -- Where are the clowns? -- Reborn -- Love on the wire -- At heaven's door -- American dream -- Behind the painted smiles -- Read all about it. |
| Summary, etc.: | SInce childhod, Bruce Feiler dreamed of running away to join the circus. He fulfilled that dream by spending a year performing as a clown with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus, the largest tented circus in the world. Under the Big Top, his colorful account of that adventure, is exotic, magical, troubling, and unforgettable. |
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| Subject: | Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. Circus performers. Circus performers. |
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