The Circus Kings

Our Ringling Family Story
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8130-3311-2
Verlag: Longleaf Services on Behalf of U of Florida Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

After years of being out of print, the story behind 'The Greatest Show on Earth' is back for new generations to discover. Through the early twentieth century, the Ringling Brothers created a spectacle like no one had ever seen, and one that still wows audiences to this day. Yet what most people do not know is that events behind the scenes rivaled the excitement and intrigue of the center ring.Originally published in 1960, and told with remarkable honesty by the nephew of the original Ringling brothers, ""The Circus Kings"" remains a clear and unexaggerated telling of what the circus was like for those who lived it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

North, Henry Ringling

Hatch, Alden

Über Autor(innen)

Alden Hatch was the author of more than thirty books, including biographies of Dwight Eisenhower, the Byrd family of Virginia, and Charles DeGaulle. He was also a collaborator on My Life with Martin Luther King by Coretta Scott King. Henry Ringling North ran Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1936 to 1967, along with his older brother, John.