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Big Top Boss: JOHN RINGLING NORTH and the CIRCUS

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This first balanced picture of circus

king John Ringling North explored the remarkable career of the man who ran Ringling

Bros. and Barnum & Baily for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom details

how North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions and

wars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.

Hammarstrom interviewed a host of circus figures including North himself; his

formers, directors, and department heads who were involved with the circus when

North owned and operated it.

Format: Paperback
Published: 1994
Pages: 384
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252064050

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