{"product_id":"seeing-is-believing-a-w-stencell-9781550225297","title":"Seeing Is Believing: America's Sideshows","description":"\u003ci\u003eSeeing Is Believing\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of midway attractions and the showmen who have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil Fish. Hear showmen's stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSee war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier mâché torture victims. Learn about illusion on the midway and how \"free\" Iron Lung and Wildlife shows were anything but; who suspected you had to pay to leave? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHear the barker say: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCome in! Trained fleas, people exhibited in ice, and girls that change into gorillas are all inside! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnder canvas, the hottest black nightclub acts perform for you in black revue shows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany attractions are alive. Hundreds more are dead, stuffed, or mummified. Never has so much been on show for so little a price! Attractions you may never see again ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake a twisted journey with the last of America's real showmen, from an age when performers earned every nickel of your 25 cents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. W. Stencell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550225294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550225297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 10.60w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 111","brand":"A. W. Stencell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088554242303,"sku":"9781550225297","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d608bd-c2a0-4c67-b08c-a5f7b04acb2b.jpg?v=1769105414","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-is-believing-a-w-stencell-9781550225297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}