Book of Donmon Teith

The circus is an almost universal experience of childhood, which in adulthood is both a warm past memory and a thrill to experience with our own children. The G

Starting in the 1870s, the barns, icehouses, gymnasiums and empty theaters of central Illinois provided the practice sites for aerial performers whose names sti

The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah

Davis examines the history and cultural significance of circuses and Wild West shows in turn-of-the-century America.