
The Circus Kings
Our Ringling Family Story
University Press of Florida
Published on 31. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-8130-3311-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Illustrations
14 b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
571 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-3311-2 (9780813033112)
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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.