{"product_id":"detour-on-an-elephant-a-year-dancing-with-the-greatest-show-on-earth-9780991173112","title":"Detour On An Elephant: A Year Dancing with The Greatest Show on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elijah Blyden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ogham Books International\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ogham Books International\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was it like to travel on tour with a circus in the late seventies? Detour On An Elephant is the memoir of a ballet dancer, Barbara File Marangon, who traded her pointe shoes to ride an elephant with the Greatest Show On Earth for a year. Taking a detour from the world of ballet to the circus, she recounts her experiences performing in hundreds of shows, in twenty-four cities coast to coast, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum \u0026amp; Bailey Blue Unit Show in 1978. Named Ringling's China Doll by a New York newspaper, she compares dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House to dancing at Madison Square Garden. Among her adventures she describes how Kevin, the lion that rode a motorcycle with his trainer, tried to break into the shower room while she showered. A stampeding elephant in Chicago is another memory. Then there is her love story on tour with a bareback rider. But most of all she remembers her love for Peggy, the elephant she rode all over the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ogham Books International","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45508693688471,"sku":"9780991173112","price":1333.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780991173112.webp?v=1767168717","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/detour-on-an-elephant-a-year-dancing-with-the-greatest-show-on-earth-9780991173112","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}