Sawdust and Spangles


Leído por 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)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

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