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| 100 | 1 | _aStencell, A W. | |
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_aSeeing Is Believing : _bAmerica's Sideshows. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aMontreal : _bECW Press, _c2002. |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©2002. | |
| 300 | _a1 online resource (279 pages) | ||
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| 505 | 0 | _aFront Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Lookee Here! -- Chapter 2: A Rich Midway Stew -- Chapter 3: Where Do You Buy a Poly-Moo-Zuke? -- Chapter 4: Hoochie-Coochie Dancing Bears -- Chapter 5: What Do You Expect for a Dime? -- Chapter 6: Hear Them Moan! See Them Suffer! -- Chapter 7: Thrills, Chills, and Doctors' Bills -- Chapter 8: Working for Bananas -- Chapter 9: More than an Illusion -- Chapter 10: The Unborn -- Chapter 11: Walk In, No Tickets -- Chapter 12: Soul on Sawdust -- Chapter 13: A Small, Small World -- Chapter 14: Does Crime Pay? -- Chapter 15: Geek 101 for Dummies -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index -- Back Cover. | |
| 520 | _aSeeing Is Believing is a history of midway attractions and the showmen who have presented them on American midways from the 1870s to World War II. Find out who manufactured the Polly-Moo-Zuke, the Two-Headed Giant, and the Devil Fish. Hear showmenâs stories of hoochie coochie dancing bears, monkeys racing miniature racecars, and the strange people who made a living eating snakes. See war criminals, wax outlaws, and papier mâché torture victims. Learn about illusion on the midway and how "free" Iron Lung and Wildlife shows were anything but; who suspected you had to pay to leave? Hear the barker say: Come in! Trained fleas, people exhibited in ice, and girls that change into gorillas are all inside! Under canvas, the hottest black nightclub acts perform for you in black revue shows. Many attractions are alive. Hundreds more are dead, stuffed, or mummified. Never has so much been on show for so little a price! Attractions you may never see again  Take a twisted journey with the last of Americaâs real showmen, from an age when performers earned every nickel of your 25 cents. | ||
| 588 | _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aSideshows -- United States -- History. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aRecreation -- United States -- History. | |
| 655 | 4 | _aElectronic books. | |
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_iPrint version: _aStencell, A W _tSeeing Is Believing _dMontreal : ECW Press,c2002 _z9781550225297 |
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