Sawdust and Spangles


Lu par Beeswaxcandle

(4.8 stars; 5 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Foreword 8:35 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Boyhood with the Old-time Wagon Show 20:24 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Perilous Business of Stocking a Menagerie 21:01 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Freaks and Fakes 29:25 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Moving the Big Show 32:59 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Prairie Fire 22:44 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Booming the Big Show 26:04 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Parades and Band Wagons 20:00 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Anecdotes of Men and Animals 37:42 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Training Animals and Performers 28:51 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Mobs, Cyclones and Adventures 27:18 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Stories of Old-Time Shows and Showmen 41:24 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
How the Great New York Aquarium was Made and Lost 19:12 Lu par Beeswaxcandle

Critiques

Sawdust


(5 stars)

Well worth the listen No doubt I will enjoy a replay when time allows


(5 stars)

Excellent reading of the trials, mishaps and adventures of the circus