The Acrobat : Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus download PDF, EPUB, Kindle

The Acrobat : Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus download PDF, EPUB, Kindle

The Acrobat : Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus. John Stewart

The Acrobat : Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus
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Author: John Stewart
Page Count: 238 pages
Published Date: 30 Jul 2012
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Publication Country: Jefferson, NC, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9780786470235
Download Link: The Acrobat Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus
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Arthur Barnes--"the 100 Somersault Man"--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 red 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 "champion vaulter of all the world."

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