Summary
Seeing Is Believing is a history of midway attractions and the showmen who have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil Fish. Hear showmen’s stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes.
See war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier mâché torture victims. Learn about illusion on the mid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781550225297 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1550225294 |
| Author: | A.W. Stencell |
| Publisher: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Imprint: | ECW Press,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 774g |
| Dimensions: | 1mm x 1mm |
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A.W. Stencell
A. W. Stencell, the “P. T. Barnum of Canada,” has spent a lifetime in the circus business and is vice president of the Circus Historical Society. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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