Acrobat e-bog
151,31 DKK
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Arthur Barnes--"e;The 100 Somersault Man"e;--was the world's greatest acrobat, a legend of the circus. He toured for 23 years with the biggest companies in Britain, Europe and the United States, performing for all the crowned heads, as well as for Abraham Lincoln. This book traces his story as a bright thread of triumphs and tragedies running through the tapestry of the mid-Victorian er...
E-bog
151,31 DKK
Forlag
McFarland
Udgivet
10 januar 2014
Længde
246 sider
Genrer
Performing arts
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780786491124
Arthur Barnes--"e;The 100 Somersault Man"e;--was the world's greatest acrobat, a legend of the circus. He toured for 23 years with the biggest companies in Britain, Europe and the United States, performing for all the crowned heads, as well as for Abraham Lincoln. This book traces his story as a bright thread of triumphs and tragedies running through the tapestry of the mid-Victorian era, a tapestry made rich by extraordinary events of the day and by the eccentric characters attracted to such a profession as the circus. We follow Barnes as he escapes the doom of the iron foundry by bounding out of the desperate slums of the East End of London at the age of 14 to become the "e;champion vaulter of all the world."e;