A Ring, a Horse and a Clown: An Eight Generation History of the Hannefords

McConnell, John

Astley & Ricketts

Stuart Thayer has distilled the wisdom and knowledge gathered from Annals into a beautifully written little masterpiece called Traveling Showmen. Organized topically, the book explored the origin and development of the business side of the traveling, tented circus. It also placed field shows in the context of Jacksonian America, exploring the impact of societal forces such as western population movement and improvements in transportation. Reading the book is a humbling experience. After only a few pages the reader becomes painfully aware how little he knew about the period. It is the smartest circus book ever written. Annals and Traveling Showmen brought a previously unknown level of research and analysis to the study of circus history. He examined the ante-bellum period with a thoroughness unequaled before or since for any period of show history. These two books are his legacy. No one ever said more about circus history in fewer words. - Fred D. Pfening III

Traveling showmen: The American circus before the Civil War

Thayer, Stuart

History

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A Ring, a Horse and a Clown: An Eight Generation History of the Hannefords

Traveling showmen: The American circus before the Civil War