Inside the Changing Circus: A Critic s Guide

Step right up to this eye-opening account of how circuses are scouted produced directed and ballyhooed - and forever reinventing themselves. Covering them all from the Kings of the sawdust rings to the bottom feeder big tops the author s unflinching candor and rich historical grasp may change forever how you view and experience the great spangled parade! Step right up for a visit to the American Circus! There could be no finer guide than David Lewis Hammarstrom ... His passion for sawdust and spangles bubbles from every line but - a rarity among circus writers - he s as quick to point out the rubbish and rip-offs as the wonderful -- THE STAGE London Fascinating! ... Something we need in these changing times more than anything else. -- PLANET CIRCUS Germany