Americas circusa spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big topgrew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somerss unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is
about to begin.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Cradle of the American Circus, by Florence “Mickey” Oliver
- Prologue
- Cradle of the American Circus
- Hachaliah Bailey
- Nero, the Royal Tiger
- Old Bet
- Elephant Hotel
- Gerard Crane
- Stone House
- Roxanna Crane
- Rhinoceros Creek
- Thaddeus Crane
- Farmers & Drovers
- The Menagerie
- Rara Avis
- Benjamin Brown
- The Camelopard
- Safari
- Elegy
- Elephant Triptych
- Wintering
- 37 The Bowery
- The Witness
- Le Cirque
- Circus Poster
- J. Purdy Brown
- The Zoological Institute
- The Flatfoots
- The Great Showman’s Ball
- Equestrienne
- Charles Wright
- The Zebra
- Lewis Brown Lent
- George F. Bailey
- The Hippopotamus
- Night Walk
- Route Book
- In Search of History
- Cradle
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: The Birth, by Mabel Addis
- Appendix B: The Circus from Menagerie to Mud Show, by Dr. John S. Still
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- About the Author
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