{"product_id":"en-route-to-the-great-william-l-slout-9781434435477","title":"En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History","description":"William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: \"En Route to the Great Eastern Circus\" (on the creation of this great show); \"The Great Eastern Circus of 1872\" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); \"The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie\" (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); \"What Goes Up...Comes Down\" (how balloning became part of the circus environment); and \"The Chicken or the Egg?\" (on the first development of the double-ring act pioneered by Barnum and others). These vivid essays, highlighted by numerous contemporaneous excerpts from local newspapers, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William L. Slout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1434435474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781434435477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Borgo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"William L. Slout","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058533200127,"sku":"9781434435477","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a59cd130-9394-4a2c-ba52-5a7c9673daab.jpg?v=1685053105","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/en-route-to-the-great-william-l-slout-9781434435477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}