Dan Rice : The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of

Name: Dan Rice : The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of
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ISBN: 9781891620577

ISBN-10: 1891620576

ISBN-13: 9781891620577

Edition: 2001

Authors: David Carlyon

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Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Prologue	p. 1
A Perfect Rush: 1823--1847
Home, Sweet Home	p. 11
Go West, Young Man	p. 22
Learned Pig, Learning Dan	p. 32
"Circus"	p. 39
Clown to the Ring	p. 51
One-Horse Show: 1848--1852
Spalding and Spicy Rice	p. 65
Reading, Not Acting Clown	p. 82
Foreclosure	p. 94
One-Horse Story	p. 108
Like a Phoenix	p. 120
Alternating Ringmasters	p. 128
Curses, Foiled Again!	p. 136
The Great American Humorist: 1853--1856
The Barnum of New Orleans	p. 145
See the Elephant	p. 157
People's Choice	p. 167
$100,000	p. 176
Bearded in His Den	p. 182
Dan Rice's Great Show	p. 189
Servis Renderd	p. 196
Hey, Rube!	p. 204
"Something Higher": 1856--1860
Cabinet of Curiosities	p. 217
Genius for Fun	p. 223
Excelsior!	p. 231
Daniel McLaren	p. 246
Grammatical Assassin?	p. 256
The End?	p. 267
Ring Cycle	p. 275
The People's Candidate: 1860--1867
House Divided	p. 287
Southern Sympathy	p. 296
Union, Alias Peace	p. 307
A Muted Voice	p. 319
"Colonel" Rice	p. 328
Rice for President	p. 343
Reverse of Success: 1868--1883
Folly to Fight	p. 355
Paris Pavilion	p. 366
Is Life Worth Living?	p. 375
Old Uncle Dan: 1884--1900
More Fun Than You Can Count	p. 387
Snake Oil	p. 396
Honest Abe's Uncle Sam	p. 405
Notes	p. 417
Bibliography	p. 465
Permissions	p. 487
Index	p. 489
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