Sawdust and Spangles

Sawdust and Spangles

William Cameron Coup, American businessman and circus proprietor (1836-1895)


This ebook presents «Sawdust and Spangles», from William Cameron Coup. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Foreword

- Boyhood With The Old-time Wagon Show

- The Perilous Business Of Stocking A Menagerie

- Freaks And Fakes

- Moving The Big Show

- The Prairie Fire

- Booming The Big Show

- Parades And Band Wagons

- Anecdotes Of Men And Animals

- Training Animals And Performers

- Mobs, Cyclones And Adventures

- Stories Of Old-time Shows And Showmen

- How The Great New York Aquarium Was Made And Lost