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Cradle of the American Circus
Jo Pitkin
其他書名
Poems from Somers, New York
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2012-09-01
主題History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
ISBN16258408109781625840813
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=e7J2CQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Americas circusa spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big topgrew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somerss unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is
about to begin.