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This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 unti
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Pages: 496
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The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back.
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo
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Pages: 251
Authors: Peter De Vries
Categories: Fiction
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The classic American coming of age novel of a precocious young man and the lessons learned from his tutor by “a masterly entertainer and social satirist” (T
Africans on Stage
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Authors: Bernth Lindfors
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Ethnological show business has a very long history in Europe. It became increasingly common after advances in navigational technology put Europeans in touch wit
White-ear and Peter
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