Big Top Boss: John Ringling North and the Circus

by David Hammarstrom

Book Overview

This first balanced picture of circus
king John Ringling North explored the remarkable career of the man who ran Ringling
Bros. and Barnum & Baily for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom details
how North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions and
wars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.
Hammarstrom interviewed a host of circus figures including North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252064054
• ISBN13: 9780252064050
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

In-Depth, Well Researched

Now know more than I ever wanted to about John Ringling North. The book was a bit slow in parts due to the excessive detail the author included. Such detail would be of much more interest to a fellow circus history aficionado than someone(like me) with a passing interest. Well researched, even handed account of the subject matter.