- 440 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Meet the Tiger Queenāin this "extravagantly entertaining" novel based on the wild life of the famous animal trainer and circus celebrity (
The Boston Globe).
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In the 1920s, during the golden age of the big top, Mabel Stark was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and one of America's most eccentric and unlikely celebrities. A tiny, curvaceous Kentucky blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous, and the greatest tiger trainer in history. She was fearlessly courageous. That was then. This is now.
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It's 1968. Mabel is turning eighty and is about to lose her job at Jungleland, a Southern California game park. Devastated by the loss of her cats, she looks back on her life, her five marriages, her regrets, and her triumphs. From her time as a mental institutionāescapee; the notorious belly dancer, Little Egypt; and a crowd-roaring success with her one true loveāa 550-pound Bengal tiger named RajahāMabel delivers an audacious confession of dark secrets, broken dreams, and escapades both comic and tragic.
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In The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, Robert Hough resurrects the life of a formidably independent, proudly scarred, naughtily ribald, and totally unapologetic star in "one of the most rollicking, good-time books of the year" ( USA Today).
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"Mabel Stark developed an act so original, so daring, so brave, that it puts all the stupid human tricks on today's reality shows to shameĀ .Ā .Ā .Ā a captivating portrait of a woman and a way of life that no longer exist." ā The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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"Narrating with a saucy, bouncy verve, [Mabel Stark] recounts a life story that is one part John Irving, two parts blue movie." ā Time Out New York
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In the 1920s, during the golden age of the big top, Mabel Stark was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and one of America's most eccentric and unlikely celebrities. A tiny, curvaceous Kentucky blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous, and the greatest tiger trainer in history. She was fearlessly courageous. That was then. This is now.
Ā
It's 1968. Mabel is turning eighty and is about to lose her job at Jungleland, a Southern California game park. Devastated by the loss of her cats, she looks back on her life, her five marriages, her regrets, and her triumphs. From her time as a mental institutionāescapee; the notorious belly dancer, Little Egypt; and a crowd-roaring success with her one true loveāa 550-pound Bengal tiger named RajahāMabel delivers an audacious confession of dark secrets, broken dreams, and escapades both comic and tragic.
Ā
In The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, Robert Hough resurrects the life of a formidably independent, proudly scarred, naughtily ribald, and totally unapologetic star in "one of the most rollicking, good-time books of the year" ( USA Today).
Ā
"Mabel Stark developed an act so original, so daring, so brave, that it puts all the stupid human tricks on today's reality shows to shameĀ .Ā .Ā .Ā a captivating portrait of a woman and a way of life that no longer exist." ā The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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"Narrating with a saucy, bouncy verve, [Mabel Stark] recounts a life story that is one part John Irving, two parts blue movie." ā Time Out New York
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Barnes Show
- The Ringling Show
- John Robinson/Barnes
- Research Notes
- Acknowledgements