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Pioneer circuses of the West. / Illus. by the author.
LIBRA Rare GV1803 .R47
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reynolds, Chang.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Circus--West (U.S.).
- Circus.
- West United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schuyler, Robert L., 1947- (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Westernlore Press, 1966.
- Summary:
- Deals with the pioneering efforts, between 1849-1900, of circus proprietors in the area which lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
- Contents:
- The gold dust for to see
- Golden beginnings
- Lee and Ryland invade the Southland
- Costello hitches the elephant
- The glorious, golden days
- Pasadena registers
- Banner lines to the Columbia
- Nothing much but horned toads
- The fabulous nineties
- Short runs and grassy lots.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Professor Robert L. Schuyler.
- RBC copy has dustjacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 1352405
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