Two Hundred Years of the American Circus: From ABA-Daba to the Zoppe-Zavatta Troupe

by Tom Ogden

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816026114
• ISBN13: 9780816026111
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

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200 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUSREVIEWSA Best Reference Work 1994 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONA Best Reference Work 1995 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY"It's tremendous! It's colossal! It's splendiferous! -- and then some! Fascinating reading for all ages...up-to-date masterpiece of research." CIRCUS REPORT"This is fascinating reading...If you can have only one book on the circus, this is it." THE BOOK REPORT"This unique encyclopedia is well-researched and an obvious labor of love...a fascinating contribution. It will be enormously popular with the thousands of people, both young and old, who love the circus." AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION"This interesting resource will fill an information need in public and high school libraries in circulating as well as reference collections." BOOKLIST"A wonderful encyclopedia...delightful...a significant contribution to the literature of the circus in particular and American entertainment as a whole; recommended for all large public and academic libraries as well as any library with extensive collections on the subject." LIBRARY JOURNAL"A very good encyclopedia of American circus history...this popular treatment will satisfy the curiosity of circus buffs and 'children of all ages.'" WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN "This wonderful book...will be appreciated by circus fans, historians or anyone wishing to know more about anything concerning the circus." THE WHITE TOPS (journal of the Circus Fans of America)