The Circus: 1870-1950 - Hardcover

Per centinaia di anni il circo Americano è stato uno degli spettacoli più imponenti che si siano mai visti. Fra il 1800 e il 1900 i circhi itineranti erano capaci di riunire 12000 14000 spettatori a show e coinvolgevano circa 1600 artisti, fra uomini e donne. Lo spettacolo degli acrobati, dei domatori, dei pagliacci e dei giocolieri ha sempre affascinato migliaia di americani. La possibilità di viaggiare per il paese era una forte attrazione per migliaia di giovani che vedevano nel lavorare nel circo una fonte di avventura.

San Francisco-based circus historian Dominique Jando has written five books on the circus, was associate artistic director of New York's Big Apple Circus from 1983-2002, and director of the San Francisco School of Circus Arts from 2003-2004. He is also cofounder of Paris' world-famous circus arts competition, the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. Linda Granfield is a widely published award-winning author whose book Circus: An Album won six awards, including a place on the "Best of the Best" list by Chicago Public Library. Known for her clear and accessible writing, Granfield has penned many young adult publications as well as adult non-fiction books. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Robert F. Sabia is an independent circus historian and collector of circus memorabilia based in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has written extensively on the American circus and is currently the president and longest-serving member of the Circus Historical Society (CHS), the oldest society for the preservation of circus history in the United States. Noel Daniel is a freelance book editor and art consultant. After graduating from Princeton University, she studied in Berlin on a Fulbright Scholarship. She received a Masters in London and was the director of a photography art gallery before becoming a book editor. She has lived in Los Angeles since 2004.