{"product_id":"en-route-to-the-great-eastern-circus-and-other-essays-on-circus-history-paperback","title":"En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Slout\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: \"En Route to the Great Eastern Circus\" (on the creation of this great show); \"The Great Eastern Circus of 1872\" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); \"The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie\" (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); \"What Goes Up...Comes Down\" (how balloning became part of the circus environment); and \"The Chicken or the Egg?\" (on the first development of the double-ring act pioneered by Barnum and others). These vivid essays, highlighted by numerous contemporaneous excerpts from local newspapers, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624136765747,"sku":"9781434435477","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZVRFbjZxM3pEMy9DTGlISlZ2UTBkUT09.webp?v=1761998266","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/en-route-to-the-great-eastern-circus-and-other-essays-on-circus-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}