A sawdust heart : my vaudeville life in medicine and tent shows / Henry Wood ; as told to Michael Fedo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Henry, 1898-1983.

Contributor:

Fedo, Michael W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actors--United States--Biography.

Actors.

Entertainers--United States--Biography.

Entertainers.

Vaudeville--United States--History--20th century.

Vaudeville.

Wood, Henry, 1898-1983.

Wood, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early twentieth century, before radio and motion pictures became widespread, rural Americans had few options for entertainment. While vaudeville theaters were prominent and popular in the cities, they were scarce in rural and small-town America, which was hungry for both diversion and news from the rest of the world. It was here that the traveling show thrived. Leaving his hometown of Viroqua, Wisconsin, to travel with a medicine show, twelve-year-old Henry Wood became hooked on show business. He joined a traveling theater troupe, and leading lady Clarabelle Fendell helped the boy becom

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; A SAWDUST HEART; Preface; 1. A Viroqua, Wisconsin, Boyhood; 2. Big Doings in Budd; 3. Leaving Home Again; 4. On Stage with the Leading Lady; 5. Success, Acclaim, and Disappointment; 6. The Star Returns Home; 7. Bindle Stiffs, Tobies, and the Musical Saw; 8. Skydiving, the Great War, and a Comeback; 9. The Rewards for Fine Villainy; 10. Leaving Brooks for the Millionaire Swedes; 11. Downtime and a Rebound; 12. The WLS Barn Dance and Beyond; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-7701-8

OCLC:

733040278