{"product_id":"en-route-to-the-great-eastern-circus-and-other-essays-on-circus-history-9781434435477","title":"En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William L. Slout\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Borgo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Borgo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46375321895063,"sku":"9781434435477","price":1372.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781434435477.webp?v=1768754184","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/en-route-to-the-great-eastern-circus-and-other-essays-on-circus-history-9781434435477","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}