Fred Stone and the Frontier Circus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798234031624)

Fred Stone and the Frontier Circus is inspired by the childhood of author P.J. Sloane's grandfather, Fred A. Stone, the original scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz," on Broadway in 1903.

In 1884, a ten-year-old Fred Stone was hired by a frontier circus to be their new tightrope walker. His younger brother Ed, joined him, doing a tumbling act. As their life-changing adventure began, they had no idea what to expect - a violent storm, an outlaw, a robbery, the death of an animal and a lost dog. But when the circus is robbed of all its money will Fred, Ed and their new found friends save the day before it's too late? Through it all, they learn to be courageous, understand what they are capable of, to believe in, and trust themselves.