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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252019016
• ISBN13: 9780252019012
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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.