| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Flap; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: LOOKEE HERE!; CHAPTER 2: A RICH MIDWAY STEW; CHAPTER 3: WHERE DO YOU BUY A POLY-MOO-ZUKE?; CHAPTER 4: HOOCHIE-COOCHIE DANCING BEARS; CHAPTER 5: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR A DIME?; CHAPTER 6: HEAR THEM MOAN! SEE THEM SUFFER!; CHAPTER 7: THRILLS, CHILLS, AND DOCTORS' BILLS; CHAPTER 12: SOUL ON SAWDUST; CHAPTER 8: WORKING FOR BANANAS; CHAPTER 9: MORE THAN AN ILLUSION; CHAPTER 10: THE UNBORN; CHAPTER 11: WALK IN, NO TICKETS; CHAPTER 13: A SMALL, SMALL WORLD; CHAPTER 14: DOES CRIME PAY?; CHAPTER 15: GEEK 101 FOR DUMMIES; EPILOGUE |
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GLOSSARYINDEX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PHOTO CREDITS |
| Summary |
Seeing Is Believing is the zany history of US travelling carnivals from the 1870s to World War II. In this book, readers will find out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil Fish; hear showmen's stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing miniature race cars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes; hear the barker say: "Come in! Trained fleas, people exhibited in ice, and girls that change into gorillas are all inside!" Under canvas, the hottest black nightclub acts perform in black revue shows. Many attractions are alive |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sideshows -- United States -- History
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Recreation -- United States -- History
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Recreation
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Sideshows
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554906680 |
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1554906687 |
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