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Cover: 9780786406326 | Elephant Story | Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top | Les Harding
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Elephant Story
Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top
Taschenbuch von Les Harding
Sprache: Englisch

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The newspapers called him "Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon," "Behemoth of Holy Writ" and "Prodigious Mountain." He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo's mere presence in the Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson circus guaranteed an additional [...] a day in box office receipts. More of an exhibit than a performer, Jumbo was simply paraded around the three rings. But still the people came, just to marvel at the size of this monster pachyderm.
This work traces Jumbo's capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for [...] to American showman P.T. Barnum, his journey across the Atlantic, his life as the most famous attraction in Barnum's circus, and his tragic death in a railway accident in Canada in 1885.
The newspapers called him "Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon," "Behemoth of Holy Writ" and "Prodigious Mountain." He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo's mere presence in the Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson circus guaranteed an additional [...] a day in box office receipts. More of an exhibit than a performer, Jumbo was simply paraded around the three rings. But still the people came, just to marvel at the size of this monster pachyderm.
This work traces Jumbo's capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for [...] to American showman P.T. Barnum, his journey across the Atlantic, his life as the most famous attraction in Barnum's circus, and his tragic death in a railway accident in Canada in 1885.
Über den Autor
Les Harding, a former academic librarian, has written numerous articles and book reviews and more than a dozen books. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Day Jumbo Died

Chapter 2: Captured

Chapter 3: A New Home for Jumbo

Chapter 4: All in a Day's Work

Chapter 5: Jumbo Gets Difficult

Chapter 6: Jumbo, Don't Go

Chapter 7: Arrival in New York

Chapter 8: The World's Greatest Showman 69
Chapter 9: Elephants and Circuses

Chapter 10: Jumbo on Parade

Chapter 11: Gone But Not Forgotten
Appendix 1: Excerpts from the Route Books

of P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth
Appendix 2: Famous Elephants
Appendix 3: How Big Was Jumbo?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786406326
ISBN-10: 0786406321
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Harding, Les
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Les Harding
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2000
Gewicht: 0,209 kg
Artikel-ID: 128214113
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