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Secrets of the Sideshows

Secrets of the Sideshows

by Joe Nickell
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/09/2008

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On small-town ballfields and county fairgrounds, the sideshow performers set up their tents and trailers in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. There they amazed us with daring feats such as fire eating and sword swallowing, intrigued us with exhibitions of human oddities and various "anatomical wonders," and yes, deceived us with illusions such as "Atasha the Gorilla Girl" and even outright fakes. These bizarre spectacles engaged the mind as well as the eye. Was the human blockhead act, in which

ISBN:
9780813191959
9780813191959
Category:
Circus
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-09-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x28.57mm
Weight:
0.7kg

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