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Harding, Les

 
9780786406326: Elephant Story: Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top
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ISBN 10 : 0786406321 ISBN 13 : 9780786406326
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

The newspapers called him "Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon," "Behemoth of Holy Writ" and "Prodigious Mountain." He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo's mere presence in the Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson circus guaranteed an additional $3,000 a day in box office receipts. More of an exhibit than a performer, Jumbo was simply paraded around the three rings. But still the people came, just to marvel at the size of this monster pachyderm.

This work traces Jumbo's capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for $10,000 to American showman P.T. Barnum, his journey across the Atlantic, his life as the most famous attraction in Barnum's circus, and his tragic death in a railway accident in Canada in 1885.

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À propos de l'auteur

Les Harding, a former academic librarian, has written numerous articles and book reviews and more than a dozen books. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786406321
ISBN 13 
9780786406326
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
135
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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