Sawdust and Spangles

William Cameron Coup (1836 - 1895)

Subtitled "Stories and Secrets of the Circus", this book tells some of the stories of circuses in the era of P.T. Barnum from the perspective of one who ran travelling circuses in America across the second half of the 19th Century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

Genre(s): Performing Arts

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Foreword Beeswaxcandle
00:08:35
Play 01 Boyhood with the Old-time Wagon Show Beeswaxcandle
00:20:24
Play 02 The Perilous Business of Stocking a Menagerie Beeswaxcandle
00:21:01
Play 03 Freaks and Fakes Beeswaxcandle
00:29:25
Play 04 Moving the Big Show Beeswaxcandle
00:32:59
Play 05 The Prairie Fire Beeswaxcandle
00:22:44
Play 06 Booming the Big Show Beeswaxcandle
00:26:04
Play 07 Parades and Band Wagons Beeswaxcandle
00:20:00
Play 08 Anecdotes of Men and Animals Beeswaxcandle
00:37:42
Play 09 Training Animals and Performers Beeswaxcandle
00:28:51
Play 10 Mobs, Cyclones and Adventures Beeswaxcandle
00:27:18
Play 11 Stories of Old-Time Shows and Showmen Beeswaxcandle
00:41:24
Play 12 How the Great New York Aquarium was Made and Lost Beeswaxcandle
00:19:12