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Author: Jürgen Banscherus
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781598893380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Circus Zampano comes to town and strange things start happening during the juggling act, Klooz is hired to investigate.
Author: Josh McMullen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-02-25
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0190266740
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Under the Big Top examines the immensely popular big tent revivals of turn-of-the-twentieth-century America and develops a new framework for understanding Protestantism in this transformative period of the nation's history. Contemporary critics of the revivalists often depicted them as anxious and outdated religious opponents of a modern, urban nation. Early historical accounts likewise portrayed tent revivalists as Victorian hold-outs, bent on re-establishing nineteenth-century values and religion in a new America. In this revisionist work, Josh McMullen argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, big tent revivalists actually participated in the shift away from Victorianism and helped in the construction of a new consumer culture in the United States. How did the United States became the most consumer-driven and yet one of the most religious societies in the western world? McMullen shows that revivalists and their audiences reconciled the Protestant ethic of salvation with the emerging consumer ethos by cautiously unlinking Christianity from Victorianism and joining it to the new, emerging consumer culture. Under the Big Top helps to explain the continued appeal of both the therapeutic and the salvific worldview to many Americans as well as the ambivalence that accompanies this combination.
Author: Robert Swift
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Susan K. Marlow
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 0825444314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: DW Roberts
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-08-11
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 131248036X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Sea City High School varsity cheerleaders head to ""The Wondrous Harvey-Carlson Circus"" for an afternoon of fun. But when a series of strange accidents threatens to put the circus out of business, it's up to the girls to step into their Pep Squad Mystery Club mode to stop the ""SABOTAGE UNDER THE BIG TOP."" Pep Squad Mysteries is a series of mystery chapter book adventures aimed at preteen readers and up.
Author: Maureen Brunsdale
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1538172119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The first-ever biography of Art Concello, one of the world's greatest trapeze artists and circus businessmen, this book goes beyond the showmanship displayed in the ring to reveal the inner workings of the circus that could both thrill a crowd and make incredible money"--
Author: Steve Ward
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2014-09-03
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1783030496
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the 'modern' tented travelling shows. A performer and founder of a circus group, Steve Ward draws on eye-witness accounts and contemporary interviews to explore the triumphs and disasters of the circus world. He reveals the stories beneath the big top during the golden age of the circus and the lives of circus folk, which were equally colourful outside the ring: ??´ Pablo Fanque, Britain's first black circus proprietor?´ The Chipperfield dynasty, who started out in 1684 on the frozen Thames ?´ Katie Sandwina, world's strongest woman and part-time crime-fighter ?´ The Sylvain brothers, who fell in love with the same woman in the ring
Author: Dahlia Rose
Publisher: Dahlia Rose Unscripted
Published:
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The game was always played the same. She ran, and he chased to bring her back home. And somehow Cole managed to fall in love with his wealthy charge. He could never resist the touch of her skin or how her taste imprinted on his memory. Together the flames of passion burned like white heat consuming them both. All he knew is no matter how much he loved her, he couldn’t have her. They were from two different worlds, and no bridge could close the gap. Juliette wanted to finish the match of wits she started years ago with Cole. It was fun at first, but now her heart was on the line. Cole was all she wanted in a man and a lover. She could not close her eyes without seeing his brooding eyes beckoning her. For this game, love was the prize, and if she lost, Juliette knew she would never be the same. Like a chess match each move led them closer to each other or farther apart. But will the final victory bring them happiness or heartbreak?
Author: David Lewis Hammarstrom
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-04-25
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1476608350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Once an eagerly awaited spectacle, the traveling circus--that miracle of red wagons, trumpeting elephants and spangled trapeze artists that slipped into town at dawn and disappeared by midnight--has all but vanished from the American landscape. This work explores circus history from 1793 to the present and addresses the forces of modern culture (such as the popularity of Cirque du Soleil, and pressure from the animal rights movement) that are pushing big top shows toward what the author calls "circus ballet." Numerous photographs and in-depth interviews conducted with show owners, performers and directors enrich the narrative. Overall, the book reveals a sobering contrast between circuses of yesterday and today, even as it honors the outstanding performers who created, and have sustained, the enduring appeal of the circus.
