Sawdust and Spangles


Gelesen von 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)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen

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