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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780940475106
Category : Circus performers
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: James Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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As the world's only publication devoted to sideshow, James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed! On & Off the Midway is chock-full of carnival and circus midway madness and mayhem. Hear the truth behind this uniquely American art form from the lips of the human marvels themselves! Shocked and Amazed! invites you to explore and satisfy your curiosity for the strange, the weird, the bizarre, the odd and the unusual.Witness never-before-seen photographs from the personal collections of sideshow superstars from yesteryear! Marvel at the sideshow stories presented personally for your pleasure by sideshow performers! Thrill to these titillating tales of laughter and woe on the sawdust trail from the likes of: Frank Lentini, who could kick a football the length of the midway with his third leg; Melvin Burkhart, the Human Blockhead who could pound six-inch spikes into his head; Harold Huge, the sideshow fat man who needs "Six Gals to Hug Him, and a Boxcar to Lug Him"; Percilla the Monkey Girl and her husband, Emmitt the Alligator Skin Man; Bill Durks, the Man with Three Eyes and many, many more. (7 x 10, 288 pages, b&w photos)

Author: James Robert Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780940475113
Category : Circus performers
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Author: James Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780940475038
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Joe Nickell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813123585
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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"Joe Nickell - once a carnival pitchman, then a magician, private detective, and investigative writer - has pursued sideshow secrets for years and has worked the famous carnival midway at the Canadian National Exhibition. For this book, he interviewed showmen and performers, collected carnival memorabilia, researched published accounts of sideshows and their lore, and even performed some classic sideshow feats, such as eating fire and lying on a bed of nails as a cinderblock was broken on his chest. The result of these varied efforts, Secrets of the Sideshows tells the captivating story of the magic, tricks - real or illusory - and performers of the world's midway shows."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: James Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780940475076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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The long-awaited 6th volume of James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed includes must-read articles on Percilla the Monkey Girl; the Two-Faced Fraud with the face painted on his tumor; Grandpa and his Thing; Sideshow School; and the Medical Files of the Freak Doctor.

Author: Trav Sd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578847078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Hardcover, Color edition. A treasure trove of vintage postcards and photographs accompanied by the history of the unique "Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville".

Author: James Taylor
Publisher: Saraband
ISBN: 1908643110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to ‘do your bit’, is a design classic and has been repeatedly imitated worldwide. In the run-up to the World War I anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent artwork of Leete and his fellow designers, and explores their legacy. Featuring colour reproductions of propaganda posters and drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book challenges received historical wisdom about these hugely popular and enduring images, and reveals a surprising new history that is no less than groundbreaking.

Author: James Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733066242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Jenny Valentine has a secret. Jenny Valentine is a secret.Most of her classmates think Jenny is crazy. Sure, everyone read the Trouble books as a kid, but then they moved on. Grew up. But not Jenny. She's still running around in a purple trench coat at age 16, sticking her nose where it doesn't belong like it's her job. No one knows she's actually the estranged daughter of RJ Valentine, famed author of the bestselling Trouble: Girl Detective book series.But when tragedy strikes, Jenny is summoned at long last to Valentine Manor. A vast fortune is up for grabs, but only if she can live up to her fictional counterpart's reputation and solve the biggest mystery of her life. She'll have to chase the ghosts of a life denied while staying one step ahead of a killer who has made Jenny his next target. It's a dangerous game, but Jenny likes her odds. After all, Trouble is her middle name.

Author: Andrew Wommack
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 1680314033
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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The Crisis: People who are in rebellion are not the only ones with hard hearts. The dictionary defines hard when it applies to matters of the heart as being "cold; insensitive; callous; unfeeling; unyielding." This malady has stricken every Christian in some area of their life. This is what keeps us from hearing the voice of the Lord and being led by Him in our everyday lives. The Cause: The condition of our heart is determined by what we focus our attention on. It doesn't matter what we know, it's what we think on that controls whether our hearts is hard or soft (Proverbs 23:7). Once this is understood, this same law that will sensitize us towards God can be used to harden us towards the devil. The Cure: The Cure for a hardened heart is a total commitment to keep our minds stayed on the Lord. This teaching will give you one of the clearest understandings of the relationship between faith and unbelief that you have ever had.