Big Top Boss: JOHN RINGLING NORTH and the CIRCUS - Softcover

Hammarstrom, David

 
9780252064050: Big Top Boss: JOHN RINGLING NORTH and the CIRCUS
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252064054 ISBN 13: 9780252064050
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1994

Synopsis

This first balanced picture of circus
  king John Ringling North explored the remarkable career of the man who ran Ringling
  Bros. and Barnum & Baily for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom details
  how North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions and
  wars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.
  Hammarstrom interviewed a host of circus figures including North himself; his
  formers, directors, and department heads who were involved with the circus when
  North owned and operated it.

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From the Back Cover

This first balanced picture of circus king John Ringling North explores the remarkable career of the man who ran Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom details how North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions and wars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252064054
ISBN 13 
9780252064050
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384

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Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1992
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