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Acrobat Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus
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The Acrobat Arthur Barnes and the Victorian Circus

Stewart, John
ISBN-10: 0786470232
ISBN-13: 9780786470235

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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 all the world.
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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

Edition: 2012
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Binding: Trade Paper
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.68 lbs.
Language: English

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