Ringlingville USA [electronic resource] : the stupendous story of seven siblings and their stunning circus success / Jerry Apps ; foreword by Fred Dahlinger, Jr.
- Author
- Apps, Jerold W., 1934-
- Published
- Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2005.
- Physical Description
- xxii, 256 p. : ill., maps
- Additional Creators
- ebrary, Inc
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- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The idea for a circus, 1848-1881 -- Hall shows and an overland circus, 1882-1884 -- Establishing a reputation, 1885-1889 -- Taking to the rails and growing, 1890-1894 -- A giant emerges, 1895-1899 -- Facing a new century, 1900-1901 -- Making money and pleasing people, 1902-1903 -- Keeping the lead, 1904-1905 -- Becoming even larger, 1906-1907 -- Managing two big shows, 1908-1909 -- Doing the impossible, 1910-1911 -- Tax woes, 1912-1914 -- The effects of war, 1915-1918 -- Epilogue, after Ringlingville.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0870203541 (hardcover : alk. paper)
087020355X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780870203558
9780870205491 (e-book) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.
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