{"product_id":"from-rags-to-ricketts-and-other-essays-on-circus-history","title":"From Rags to Ricketts and Other Essays on Circus History","description":"William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: 'En Route to the Great Eastern Circus' (on the creation of this great show); 'The Great Eastern Circus of 1872' (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); 'The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie' (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); 'What Goes Up...Comes Down' (how balloning became ","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":49886478663984,"sku":"9781434444288","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/from-rags-to-ricketts-and-other-essays-on-circus-history","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}