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On small-town ballfields and county fairgrounds, the sideshow performers set up their tents and trailers in the shadow of the Ferris wheel. There they amazed us with daring feats such as fire eating and sword swallowing, intrigued us with exhibitions of human oddities and various "anatomical... read more
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Characters/People edit
- P. T. Barnum: Add a description of this character.
- Kunhardt
- Bobby Reynolds
- Bogdan
- Mc Kennon
- Taylor
- Fred G. Johnson
- Mannix
- Gresham
- Dufour
- Gibson
- Houdini
- Fiedler
- Ward Hall
- Brill
- Tom
- Stencell
- Ripley
- Loxton
- Nelson
- Chris Christ
- Granfield
- Pete
- Barth
- Anna
- Gardner
- Lavinia
- Terhurne
- Siegel
- Mcwhirter
- Thompson
- Shepp
- Melvin Burkhart
- Taber
- Johnny Meah
- Gaskill
- Benjamin Radford
- Conklin
- Waldo
- Mooney
- Chang
- Lentini
- Charles Eisenmann
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- London
- United States
- Europe
- Coney Island
- America
- England
- Chicago
- Ohio
- Florida
- Toronto
- France
- Pennsylvania
- Born
- Canada
- Spidora
- Texas
- Germany
- New Jersey
- India
- Madison Square Garden
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Philadelphia
- California
- North Carolina
- Kansas
- Erie County Fair
- Cardiff
- Boston
- Roswell
- Washington
- Connecticut
- Krinko
- Bridgeport
- Hollywood
- Siam
First Sentence edit
Far back in prehistory, the solitary entertainer vied for the attention and approval of others.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joe Nickell (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 791.35
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