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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.… (mehr)
geophile: Those reading Water For Elephants might like to read how things really were in the circus, and those reading The Circus Kings, might like to read about the circus in fiction.
The history of, and life in one of the most successful circuses in North America is an interesting and unusual topic, and not many could tell about everyday circus life with the authority of Henry Ringling North. However, the book is a little dry in places, and I found myself putting it down and coming back to it later several times. All in all, though, it was worth the read. ( )
That magical transformation still happens at the circus and the benefits that it provided to him are evident in his personal compound on Sarasota Bay. (Afterword)
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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.
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