Publication

2001 - Indiana Historical Society

Language

English

Word Count

19,750 words, Guess

Page Count

79 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCGV1803.S65 2001
  • LCCGV1803 .S65 2001

Description

From ringmasters to clowns, animal trainers to trapeze artists, Indiana's long association with the circus industry is highlighted in the new Indiana Historical Society publication Life in a Three-Ring Circus: Posters and Interviews. The book features full-color posters from the Society's collection and oral histories from Hoosiers who participated in life under the big top.

First Sentence

AN EXTRAVAGANT AND POPULAR TYPE OF THEATER, THE CIRCUS HAS BEEN around in one or another for more than two thousand years, beginning with Rome's Circus Maximus three hundred years before the time of Christ.

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