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Ringlingville USA

by Apps, Jerold W.,

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Published by : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, (Madison, Wis. :) Physical details: xxii, 256 p. : ill., maps.

Subject(s): Ringling Brothers -- History. | Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History. | Circus performers -- United States -- Biography. | Circus -- United States. | Electronic books.

Year: 2005

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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10741965
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.

Introduction -- The idea for a circus, 1848-1881 -- Hall shows and an overland circus, 1882-1884 -- Establishing a reputation, 1885-1889 -- Taking to the rails and growing, 1890-1894 -- A giant emerges, 1895-1899 -- Facing a new century, 1900-1901 -- Making money and pleasing people, 1902-1903 -- Keeping the lead, 1904-1905 -- Becoming even larger, 1906-1907 -- Managing two big shows, 1908-1909 -- Doing the impossible, 1910-1911 -- Tax woes, 1912-1914 -- The effects of war, 1915-1918 -- Epilogue, after Ringlingville.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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