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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