{"product_id":"agnes-lake-hickok-linda-a-fisher-9780806139838","title":"Agnes Lake HIckok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok--a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes's life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the \"Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus.\" While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok's death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake's successful equestrian career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes's life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes's world to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda A. Fisher, Carolyn M. Bowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806139838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806139838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 28","brand":"Linda A. Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059776778495,"sku":"9780806139838","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f9d18fc-6857-4d54-8457-b7183c884494.jpg?v=1685060270","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agnes-lake-hickok-linda-a-fisher-9780806139838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}