The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an attempt to identify every major and minor player in the American circus world of the nineteenth century. This A-Z guide lists: surname, given name, dates of birth and death (if known), type of entertainment (and function) with which the individual was associated, and the companies and dates by whom the person was employed. Every researcher and library interested in American circus history will need this seminal guide. An absolutely astonishing piece of scholarship.
- ISBN10 0809503107
- ISBN13 9780809503100
- Publish Date 18 October 2010 (first published 19 December 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wildside Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 346
- Language English