02386nam 2200553 450 991081085380332120230803213430.01-78023-398-1(CKB)3710000000449354(EBL)2096585(SSID)ssj0001517167(PQKBManifestationID)12622233(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517167(PQKBWorkID)11501186(PQKB)11357784(MiAaPQ)EBC2096585(Au-PeEL)EBL2096585(CaPaEBR)ebr11080451(CaONFJC)MIL815078(OCoLC)914328601(EXLCZ)99371000000044935420140520d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe greatest shows on earth a history of the circus /Linda SimonLondon, UK :Reaktion Books,2014.1 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78023-358-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Trick Riders -- Cirques Intimes -- The Biggest Tents -- Cavalcades -- Without a Net -- Beasts -- Clowns -- Feats -- Prodigies -- Transformations.Step right up! and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth - the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible--a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world --Source other than Library of Congress.CircusHistoryClownsHistoryCircusHistory.ClownsHistory.791.309791.309 SIMSimon Linda1946-1100970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810853803321The greatest shows on earth3951699UNINA