Seeing Is Believing: America's Sideshows

by A.W. Stencell

Seeing Is Believing is a history of midway attractions and the showmen who have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil Fish. Hear showmen's stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes.

See war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier m ch torture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550225294
• ISBN13: 9781550225297
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.6" x 8.5"