A glimpse of day-to-day life under the big top, from one of the circus's most remarkable performersHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Janet M. Davis is an associate professor of American studies and history at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top.
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Acknowledgments / ix Introduction -- Janet M. Davis / 1 Author's Note / 33 Prologue / 35 PART ONE 1. The Bend in the Road / 41 2. As Mrs. Private Citizen, Viewing the Parade / 57 3. A Flight on Gossamer Wings / 62 4. In Pursuit of a Mirage to Yesterday / 75 5. A Tour behind the Platforms of Those Strange People / 86 6. Destiny Smiles, but Not on Shmoontsie / 99 7. A New Leaf, a New Life / 105 8. Where Caste Is Observed, According to Rank and Rating / 117 9. Equestrian Director Par Excellence / 143 10. The Awe-Inspiring Mr. John / 147 11. Calibrating for a Career / 150 12. Bareback: The Aristocrat of Circus Acts / 155 13. A Backdoor Glimpse of Supermen and Superwomen / 161 14. Elephants Are Like People / 172 15. Engineering the White City / 177 16. Finding the Lot -- A Daily Headache / 187 17. On the Sunny Side / 189 18. Life under the Big Top: Private, Social, Competitive / 193 19. Finale of the Season / 196 20. Circus Experience Pays Off / 198 21. An Annual Season's Opening / 203 22. Leitzel, Queen of the Air -- Of the Ground as Well / 208 23. Progress, Trends, and Customs Typical of Circus Folks / 214 24. On a Magic Carpet to a Land Fantastic / 221 25. Back to the Material World / 229 26. An Act Is Born / 234 27. Circus History Is Made: Merging "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "The World's Greatest Show," Thereafter to Be Known as "Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows" / 237 28. Pride versus Virtue / 246 29. Misery -- Like Death -- Knows No Class Distinction / 255 30. Fate Follows Her Course -- Strange, Mysterious, Terrifying / 258 PART TWO 31. Sarasota -- Last Stop / 271 32. An Elucidating Interlude / 288 PART THREE 33. The Circus, to Date (1948) / 293 Epilogue: The Show -- The Public -- Unto the End / 311 Appendix A: Superstitions / 313 Notes / 315 Index / 353
Acknowledgments / ix Introduction -- Janet M. Davis / 1 Author's Note / 33 Prologue / 35 PART ONE 1. The Bend in the Road / 41 2. As Mrs. Private Citizen, Viewing the Parade / 57 3. A Flight on Gossamer Wings / 62 4. In Pursuit of a Mirage to Yesterday / 75 5. A Tour behind the Platforms of Those Strange People / 86 6. Destiny Smiles, but Not on Shmoontsie / 99 7. A New Leaf, a New Life / 105 8. Where Caste Is Observed, According to Rank and Rating / 117 9. Equestrian Director Par Excellence / 143 10. The Awe-Inspiring Mr. John / 147 11. Calibrating for a Career / 150 12. Bareback: The Aristocrat of Circus Acts / 155 13. A Backdoor Glimpse of Supermen and Superwomen / 161 14. Elephants Are Like People / 172 15. Engineering the White City / 177 16. Finding the Lot -- A Daily Headache / 187 17. On the Sunny Side / 189 18. Life under the Big Top: Private, Social, Competitive / 193 19. Finale of the Season / 196 20. Circus Experience Pays Off / 198 21. An Annual Season's Opening / 203 22. Leitzel, Queen of the Air -- Of the Ground as Well / 208 23. Progress, Trends, and Customs Typical of Circus Folks / 214 24. On a Magic Carpet to a Land Fantastic / 221 25. Back to the Material World / 229 26. An Act Is Born / 234 27. Circus History Is Made: Merging "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "The World's Greatest Show," Thereafter to Be Known as "Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows" / 237 28. Pride versus Virtue / 246 29. Misery -- Like Death -- Knows No Class Distinction / 255 30. Fate Follows Her Course -- Strange, Mysterious, Terrifying / 258 PART TWO 31. Sarasota -- Last Stop / 271 32. An Elucidating Interlude / 288 PART THREE 33. The Circus, to Date (1948) / 293 Epilogue: The Show -- The Public -- Unto the End / 311 Appendix A: Superstitions / 313 Notes / 315 Index / 353
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