Sawdust and Spangles
William Cameron Coup
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Subtitled "Stories and Secrets of the Circus", this book tells some of the stories of circuses in the era of P.T. Barnum from the perspective of one who ran travelling circuses in America across the second half of the 19th Century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle (5 hr 35 min)
Chapters
| Foreword | 8:35 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Boyhood with the Old-time Wagon Show | 20:24 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| The Perilous Business of Stocking a Menagerie | 21:01 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Freaks and Fakes | 29:25 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Moving the Big Show | 32:59 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| The Prairie Fire | 22:44 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Booming the Big Show | 26:04 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Parades and Band Wagons | 20:00 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Anecdotes of Men and Animals | 37:42 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Training Animals and Performers | 28:51 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Mobs, Cyclones and Adventures | 27:18 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| Stories of Old-Time Shows and Showmen | 41:24 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
| How the Great New York Aquarium was Made and Lost | 19:12 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Reviews
Sawdust
cyberhelp
Well worth the listen No doubt I will enjoy a replay when time allows