Report copyright infringementby Gloria G. Adams (Author)WHAT IF...you could spend almost every day of your life at the circus?WHAT IF...you could travel with that circus around the world, seeing sights that most people never get to see?WHAT IF...you could hang out every day with elephants, camels, giraffes, monkeys, lions, tigers, bears, horses, and snakes? This was the life James Anthony Bailey lived. Orphaned at age 8, James Bailey, through determination and hard work, grew up to become a multi-millionaire who owned one of the most famous circuses in the world. But while history has swept him into the iconic shadow of his business partner, P. T. Barnum, many people who knew him or worked for him considered him to be not only a good man and a great showman, but the best circus manager of his time. He lived an extraordinary life. This is his story.Recommended for ages 9-12. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.25 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby Cynthia Brideson (Author), Sara Brideson (Author)The name Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867-1932) is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century. These extravagant performances were filled with catchy tunes, high-kicking chorus girls, striking costumes, and talented stars such as Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, W. C. Fields, and Will Rogers. After the success of his Follies, Ziegfeld revolutionized theater performance with the musical Show Boat (1927) and continued making Broadway hits--including Sally (1920), Rio Rita (1927), and The Three Musketeers (1928)--several of which were adapted for the silver screen.In this definitive biography, authors Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson offer a comprehensive look at both the life and legacy of the famous producer. Drawing on a wide range of sources--including Ziegfield's previously unpublished letters to his second wife, Billie Burke (who later played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz), and to his daughter Patricia--the Bridesons shed new light on this enigmatic man. They provide a lively and well-rounded account of Ziegfeld as a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a lover, and an alternately ruthless and benevolent employer. Lavishly illustrated with over seventy-five images, this meticulously researched book presents an intimate and in-depth portrait of a figure who profoundly changed American entertainment.Author Biography Cynthia Brideson is coauthor of Also Starring . . .: Forty Biographical Essays on the Greatest Character Actors of Hollywood's Golden Era, 1930-1965. Sara Brideson is coauthor of Also Starring . . .: Forty Biographical Essays on the Greatest Character Actors of Hollywood's Golden Era, 1930-1965. Number of Pages: 576 Dimensions: 1.6 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 12, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby Trav Sd (Author), James Taylor (Author) The name Rose's Royal Midgets held an important place at theatres, circuses and fairgrounds across three continents a century ago, even if each component of the troupe's name crumbles into dust by light of day ("Rose" was a pseudonym", the company held no Royal patent, and the word "midget" has passed out of use in polite society). This large touring production of Little People was the creation of one of show biz history's great impresarios, Ike Rose, now forgotten but once in a league with names like Barnum and Ziegfeld as men who delivered full value for the price of a ticket. Peruse these pages for a glimpse into a vanished world, one as cynical as it was magical, but one that was also always fascinating. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Sandra Wendel (Editor), Steve Fischer (Author)Vegas like you've never seen, tales you've never heard--until nowThose were the days when you drove to Vegas from Iowa or Ohio or took a junket flight from New York. The Missus would wear her best dress and mink coat, find her lucky slot machine, and you the hot craps table. Maybe you'd slip the maître d' a couple bucks to sit at an A table in the showroom for the big production numbers with showgirls and plenty of feathers and not much else. Or you'd get to see Elvis at the International or Sinatra at the Sands. Those were the days when Mob guys with names like Icepick and Blade, Tony and Longie, carried suitcases of money out the back door of the casinos. When leggy showgirls paraded nearly nude and boobs were on display during flashy stage productions. When Binion's Horseshoe boasted about their legendary high-stakes poker games (and the famous game that was never played with Nick the Greek)-and launched the World Series of Poker. When brothels flourished on ranches just miles from the Strip and sex was on the menu (exclusive interview with Tiffany who worked at the Bunny Ranch). When Teamsters' money built Caesars Palace and Circus Circus, and the Imperial Palace had a lot more going on than a car collection. When Frank or Sammy or Zsa Zsa or Barbra or Elvis . . . Those were the days--all chronicled in 21 unforgettable stories and vintage photos told as only Las Vegas historian Steve Fischer can tell-about those days when the Mob ran Vegas. Profanity and suggestive nudity. Adult readers only. Also BUY the first book in the series, When the Mob Ran Vegas, if you love this one. Also available on Amazon in the format you prefer. Number of Pages: 312 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 12, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Rupert Ingalese (Author), Thom Wall (Annotations by)Juggling by Rupert Ingalese is an important work that sheds light on what the art of juggling looked like a century ago. Thom Wall's annotated insights and commentary on the text highlight how the art form has changed and how it has stayed the same as the decades have passed. Mr. Wall's expertise on the subject provides valuable insight to the original text.- David Cain, Curator, Museum of Juggling History Thom Wall is one of a very few people who have the first-hand knowledge to be able to provide expert insight on this classic juggling treatise. He does just that - and his commentary is interesting, inriguing, and informative.With Thom as the conduit, today's jugglers can benefit from yesterday's juggling knowledge.- Richard Kennison, IJA "Excellence in Education" award recipient Wall proves his due diligence in research through the use of footnotes and meaningful clarifications... a welcome addition to any juggler's library.- Benjamin Domask, CircusTalk.com Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 31, 2019

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Report copyright infringementby Thom Wall (Author)Juggling: What It Is and How to Do It is the result of six years of work by former Cirque du Soleil juggler Thom Wall. This book teaches learners of all ages how to juggle - one of the world's oldest artforms. With a kind demeanor, humor, and enthusiasm, Wall explains the process of juggling through four different modalities, bolstered by the latest physical education research.The practice of juggling has been proven time and time again to benefit the body and mind: it reduces stress, increases the brain plasticity and density, and is an age-old form of active meditation. Juggling: What It Is and How to Do It is a timely and accessible primer that even a middle-schooler can hit the ground running with, or one that families can enjoy together. But make no mistake, this book isn't child's play. With guest chapters by some of today's modern juggling masters, Juggling provides a wealth of content to span years of study for even the most serious adult learner. Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Gloria G. Adams (Author)Although history has swept James Anthony Bailey into the iconic shadow of P. T. Barnum, Bailey was the hard-working manager and the driving force behind The Greatest Show on Earth. He is considered to have been one of the most successful circus managers of the 19th century.Orphaned at age 8, James Bailey left home and joined the Robinson and Lake traveling circus when he was just 13. His hard work and determination carried him up through the ranks of the circus world to become a partner with James Cooper's circus at only 28 year's old. Their circus was so successful that soon it was bringing in more business than P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth. Bailey and Barnum decided to merge their shows and it became one of the most famous circuses in the world. Following Barnum's death, Bailey managed their circus, as well as a second circus and Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. He was a quiet, intelligent man who insisted on remaining behind the scenes.He led an extraordinary life. This is his story.Recommended for ages 9-12. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: July 09, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby Karan Feder (Author)Debuting at the Tropicana Hotel on Christmas Eve, 1959, at a reported cost of one quarter-million dollars (over two million in today's dollars), the Folies Bergere stage show featured a cast of "eighty stars" and promised an elegant evening of sensual entertainment complete with sensational song and dance numbers, curious novelty acts, and exquisite leggy showgirls. Imported directly from Paris, the iconic French production, famed for its elegant and chic legacy, was a mainstay on the Las Vegas Strip for nearly half a century. A 1959 Las Vegas Sun newspaper article portends the significant role that the Folies Bergere would play in the city's history: "From beginning to end this is the most dazzling entertainment which any city has been privileged to see. It's saucy, piquant and racy in the splendidly provocative French way. Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, is now no idle boast." Number of Pages: 98 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: December 11, 2017

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff Burbank (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The largest city in the United States to be developed entirely within the twentieth century, Las Vegas has always been a unique place. From its beginnings, when two town sites competed to become the new community rising from the desert, to its modern status as a tourism and entertainment center, Las Vegas has always been a town that took chances and seized opportunities.With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Las Vegas, Jeff Burbank provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Las Vegas. Remembering Las Vegas captures this story through still photography selected from the finest collections, a visual record of the city's history presented in more than a hundred historic photographs.From a dusty tent city to the glittering lights of the most popular tourist destination in the country, these images tell of railroads and ranchers, the Hoover Dam and the Vegas Strip, mining and gambling, visionaries and star performers. Historic events and everyday life are preserved in vivid black-and-white images to tell the story of one of America's most exciting cities. Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 07, 2010

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Report copyright infringementby Irving Berlin (Author), Gene Buck (Author)Complete book and lyrics, illustrated. The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 opened at one of the most transitional times in American history. World War I had just ended, Prohibition was soon to take effect, and America was on the verge of the Jazz Age. The review ran for 171 performances, the longest of any Follies up to that time and is consider the best of Ziegfeld's Follies. It is primarily remembered today as the Follies that introduced Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" and that showcased Ziegfeld's unrequited love interest at the time, Marilyn Miller. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: October 14, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby B. Foley (Author)Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. For example, women in both project a 'normal' femininity and adhere to a strict hierarchy (Miss America contestants look down upon Miss Universe contestants, while theatrical 'burlesque artists' saw themselves as far above mere carnival strippers). Undressed for Success collects extensive primary source research - newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants - and employs a wide array of gender, feminist, and performance theory to analyze them.Author BiographyBRENDA FOLEY has taught at a number of universities, including Brown University, the University of New Hampshire, and St. Thomas University in Canada, where she is at present an Assistant Professor of English. She has published articles in journals such as Nordic Theatre Studies, Theatre InSight, and the journal of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). In addition to her academic work, Brenda is a veteran Equity actress of twenty years with theatre credits including the La Jolla Playhouse, Roundabout, Studio Arena, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, and Vienna's English Theatre, in Austria, as well as numerous Public Radio appearances. Number of Pages: 231 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9.56 x 6.34 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 08, 2005

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Report copyright infringementby Linda Karen Miller (Author)After the departure of the early Mormon settlers in 1857, early Las Vegas continued to be a watering stop for overland travelers on the Mormon Road/Old Spanish Trail. The area was mainly ranches and mines until railroad rivals eyed the Las Vegas Valley. Sen. William Clark of Montana bought the land and water rights to the former Mormon settlement from ranching pioneer Helen J. Stewart. The foundation for modern Las Vegas was laid in 1905, as auctioneers gaveled out the plans for the future of Las Vegas at Clark's town site. Today, those sights and sounds are recalled as the community comestogether to recreate the past in Mormon settlement days and for the Helldorado Parade, marking the city's birth. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: March 18, 2013

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Report copyright infringementby Mitch Barker (Author)Las Vegas, New Mexico, is 70 years older than the Nevada city of the same name. Eleven years after its founding in 1835, it was the first settlement in Mexico reached by invading US troops in the Mexican-American War. In later years, it was an intensely violent place, an equal to Dodge City and Tombstone. Gunmen such as Billy the Kid, Mysterious Dave Mather, Doc Holliday, and others walked the streets of Las Vegas. The town also built grand houses and mercantile buildings. It rivaled Albuquerque and Santa Fe for importance and boasted one of the state's two streetcar systems. Here, Teddy Roosevelt announced his availability to serve as president, and Tom Mix filmed his earliest movies. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: October 28, 2013

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Report copyright infringementby Aaron Smith (Author), Lisa B. Lewis (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 254 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 29, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby David Monod (Author)Today, vaudeville is imagined as a parade of slapstick comedians, blackface shouters, coyly revealed knees, and second-rate acrobats. But vaudeville was also America's most popular commercial amusement from the mid-1890s to the First World War; at its peak, 5 million Americans attended vaudeville shows every week. Telling the story of this pioneering art form's rise and decline, David Monod looks through the apparent carnival of vaudeville performance and asks: what made the theater so popular and transformative? Although he acknowledges its quirkiness, Monod makes the case that vaudeville became so popular because it offered audiences a guide to a modern urban lifestyle.Vaudeville acts celebrated sharp city styles and denigrated old-fashioned habits, showcased new music and dance moves, and promulgated a deeply influential vernacular modernism. The variety show's off-the-rack trendiness perfectly suited an era when goods and services were becoming more affordable and the mass market promised to democratize style, offering a clear vision of how the quintessential twentieth-century citizen should look, talk, move, feel, and act. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 12, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Kreig A. Adkins (Author)In April 1884, Ben Wallace, the owner of the local livery, opened the season of his new circus in Peru and billed it as Wallace and Company's Great World's Menagerie and International Circus. It was an instant success and soon grew to be one of the largest and most renowned circuses in American history. Over the next 50 years, many circuses found a home in Peru. Under the direction of the American Circus Corporation, an industry was created in Peru that employed as many as 4,500 people. Circuses like the Hagenbeck-Wallace, John Robinson, and Sells-Floto/Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show departed Peru by rail each spring, along with some of the best acts from around the world, including Terrell "the Lion King" Jacobs; the world's favorite clown, Emmett Kelly; and animal trainer Clyde Beatty, who played himself in 12 Hollywood movies. In 1929, Ringling Brothers purchased the American Circus Corporation. As the country sank into the Depression, fewer circuses left Peru each season. In 1941, Ringling Brothers closed its winter quarters in Peru, ending an era. Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: May 27, 2009

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Report copyright infringementby Mariam Ala-Rashi (Author), Thom Wall (Editor), Nicole Castro (Editor)This compendium comprises three individual research studies that examine contortion and practices of body flexibility in East Asia, namely China, Mongolia and Japan. It explores the performance art forms Chinese contortion, Mongolian contortion and the Kakubei Jishi lion dance of the Niigata prefecture in Japan which utilizes body flexibility. Common points of discussion in these research studies are the investigation of the history and genesis of these art forms and how they developed in various political and social dynamics. This work further offers vast knowledge about crucial elements such as the artist's training processes, their training environment, the development of aesthetics, symbolism in costuming and body movements, religious themes, mythology and natural phenomena, and costume designs. This compendium includes data from a wide range of literature, material evidence, oral history, current media reports, and considers recent work in anthropology, archaeology, and political history. It, therefore, offers the interested reader, the scholar, the contortionist and contortion practitioner a substantial treatise about contortionism and practices of body flexibility. Number of Pages: 464 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Mario Diamond (Author), Rene Beaumier (Photographer), Thom Wall (Editor)From the foreword: The art of mime is the identification with the essence of all things, and the portrayal of thought and emotion through silent physical expression. A mime works with the laws of physics: weight, gravity, principles of motion and resistance and inertia. We move through space as a visible, tangible substance.Mime training is different from other movement disciplines like dance and gymnastics. It is specific to the art of silent communication. Mario Diamond does a welcome service with this book, helping to promote the techniques and principles of our misunderstood and fragile art. - Rob Mermin Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 30, 2019

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Report copyright infringementby James Taylor (Foreword by), Trav Sd (Author)This is the Limited Edition, Hardcover, and Color Version of the book.The name Rose's Royal Midgets held an important place at theatres, circuses and fairgrounds across three continents a century ago, even if each component of the troupe's name crumbles into dust by light of day ("Rose" was a pseudonym", the company held no Royal patent, and the word "midget" has passed out of use in polite society). This large touring production of Little People was the creation of one of show biz history's great impresarios, Ike Rose, now forgotten but once in a league with names like Barnum and Ziegfeld as men who delivered full value for the price of a ticket. Peruse these pages for a glimpse into a vanished world, one as cynical as it was magical, but one that was also always fascinating. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 23, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby A. Wertheim (Author)W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.Author BiographyArthur Frank Wertheim has written several books on twentieth-century American culture, including Vaudeville Wars, The New York Little Renaissance, and Radio Comedy. He has co-edited three volumes: The Papers of Will Rogers and edited Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies and American Popular Culture. A former American history professor at the University of Southern California, USA, as well as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, his awards range from a Fulbright grant to teach at the University of Indonesia to a fellowship on biography at The Norman Mailer Center, USA. Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 19, 2016

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Report copyright infringementby Guido Roberto Deiro (Author)Mae West & The Count takes you inside Mae's relationship with the man who launched her career and stole her heart. Set in the first half of the 20th Century, this is the heretofore untold story of the torrid romance, lust-filled five-year marriage, and entwined show business careers of the Vaudeville headliner "Deiro" and the "Queen of Camp" Mae West. Unpublicized by mutual agreement, the improbable, humorous, and often heartbreaking, personal and professional relationship between the Italian nobleman, who rose to "rock-star" fame, and the Brooklyn-born fifth-grade dropout who became a show business legend and an icon of sexual freedom, is intimately and elegantly exposed in this volume. "I couldn't help myself - "D" was an amazing lover. The sex thing was terrific with this guy. I wanted to do it morning, noon and night, and that's all I wanted to do. " -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959). "It went very deep, hittin' on all the emotions. You can't get too hot over anybody unless there's somethin' that goes along with the sex act, can you?" -Mae West, Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It (1959). Number of Pages: 332 Dimensions: 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 20, 2019

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