Acrobat Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus

Name: Acrobat Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus
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ISBN: 9780786470235

ISBN-10: 0786470232

ISBN-13: 9780786470235

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Stewart

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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 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…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 5/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

John Stewart is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Washington and director of the basic interpersonal communication course. His other text is Bridges Not Walls



Acknowledgments


Preface


Presenting


The Somersaulting Record


Powell's Circus


Hughes's Circus Royal


The Disappearance of Mr. Arthur Barnes


The Return of Mr. Arthur Barnes


Wallett


Cooke's, 1849-1850


Cooke's, 1851-1852


The Hernandez Years


America


The Hengler Years


Music Halls


Retirement


Bibliography


Index