The Bloomington-Normal circus legacy : the golden age of aerialists / Maureen Brunsdale & Mark Schmitt.
| Author/creator |
Brunsdale, Maureen |
| Other author/creator | Schmitt, Mark A. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013. |
| Description | 156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Abstract | "Starting in the 1870s, the barns, icehouses,gymnasiums and empty theaters of central Illinois provided the practice sitesfor aerial performers whose names still command reverence in the annals ofAmerican circus history. Meet Fred Miltimore and the Green Brothers, runawaysfrom the Fourth Ward School who became the first Bloomington-born flyers. WatchArt Concello, a ten-year-old truant, become first a world-class flyer, then afamous trapeze impresario and finally Ringling Brothers and Barnum and BaileyCircus's most successful general manager. The entire art of the trapeze--instruction,training, performance and management--became a Bloomington-Normal industryduring the tented shows' golden age, when finding a circus flying act without a connection to this area would have been virtually impossible"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "Describes the prominent role Bloomington-Normal played in developing aerial artists for the nineteenth- and twentieth-century circus"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013026775 |
| ISBN | 9781609497101 (pbk.) |
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