Sawdust &
Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus
作者：Coup, W. C. (William Cameron), 1836-1895
体例：题 章数：142
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共 142 题- SAWDUST & SPANGLES
- STORIES & SECRETS OF THE CIRCUS
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD ix
- CHAP. PAGE
- I. BOYHOOD WITH THE OLD-TIME WAGON SHOW 1
- II. THE PERILOUS BUSINESS OF STOCKING A MENAGERIE 18
- III. FREAKS AND FAKES 35
- IV. MOVING THE BIG SHOW 59
- V. THE PRAIRIE FIRE 86
- A Chance Meeting with a Great Man 96
- VI. BOOMING THE BIG SHOW 104
- VII. PARADES AND BAND WAGONS 124
- VIII. ANECDOTES OF MEN AND ANIMALS 139
- IX. TRAINING ANIMALS AND PERFORMERS 169
- X. MOBS, CYCLONES AND ADVENTURES 192
- XI. STORIES OF OLD-TIME SHOWS AND SHOWMEN 214
- XII. HOW THE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM WAS MADE AND LOST 247
- FOREWORD
- SAWDUST AND SPANGLES
- BOYHOOD WITH THE OLD-TIME WAGON SHOW
- MY FIRST EXCITING EXPERIENCE
- THE INTELLIGENCE OF ELEPHANTS
- FIGHTS WITH THE GRANGERS
- TEASING OLD ROMEO
- THE STORY OF A STOLEN NEGRO
- HORSE THIEVES IN THE CIRCUS
- II
- THE PERILOUS BUSINESS OF STOCKING A MENAGERIE
- BEASTS AT WHOLESALE
- THE PROFESSIONAL ANIMAL HUNTER
- STRIKING INTO THE INTERIOR
- HUNTERS' LIFE IN THE JUNGLE
- WHY BABY ELEPHANTS ARE HARD TO CAPTURE
- ACROSS THE DESERT WITH CAPTIVE BEASTS
- THE ADVENTURES OF SPECIMEN HUNTERS
- III
- FREAKS AND FAKES
- THE BURIAL AND RESURRECTION OF THE "CARDIFF GIANT"
- THE RIVAL WHITE ELEPHANTS
- HOW THE "LIGHT OF ASIA" EMBARRASSED THE LECTURER
- THE WILD CAVE-DWELLER OF KENTUCKY
- THE TWO-HEADED GIRL'S THREE-HEADED RIVAL
- MISSING LINKS AND DANCING TURKEYS
- THE SALARIES PAID TO FREAKS
- THE LOVE-MAKING AND MERRY-MAKING OF THE FREAKS
- THE EXPOSURE OF THE "AZTEC CHILDREN"
- AN ADVENTURE WITH A CIRCUS SHARP
- IV
- MOVING THE BIG SHOW
- THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO MOVE A CIRCUS BY RAIL
- THE SPARTAN HABITS OF THE OLD-TIMERS
- SEVEN HEARTBREAKING DAYS ON THE LONG ROAD
- PERFORMING BY DAY AND TRAVELING BY NIGHT
- ON A RUNAWAY CIRCUS TRAIN
- PANIC AMONG THE ANIMALS
- A SINGLE TRACK AND A BROKEN RAIL
- THE BRONCHOS' CHARMED LIFE
- OLD ROMEO TO THE RESCUE
- AN UNEXPECTED MIDNIGHT BATH
- THE PRAIRIE FIRE
- A CHANCE MEETING WITH A GREAT MAN
- VI
- BOOMING THE BIG SHOW
- NOVEL ADVERTISING FEATURES
- THE "DEVIL'S WHISTLE"
- RIVALRY IN EXPLOITING OPPOSITION SHOWS
- COSTLY RIVALRY
- IDLE BILL POSTERS
- COURTESY OF EDITORS
- JUMBO'S FREE ADVERTISING
- VII
- PARADES AND BAND WAGONS
- THE FIFTY-CENT RIVALS OF THE $10,000 HIPPOS
- A SKILLFUL APPEAL TO PUBLIC SYMPATHY
- A SILENT PARADE FROM ALBANY TO THE STATE LINE
- THE FLUCTUATING LEVELS OF CIRCUS VALUES
- WHAT IT COSTS TO RIDE WITH THE BAND WAGON
- REQUIREMENTS AND COST OF THE CIRCUS HORSE
- A PAGE FROM THE INVOICE BOOK OF A BIG SHOW
- VIII
- ANECDOTES OF MEN AND ANIMALS
- ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS
- THE FIRST ELEPHANT BROUGHT TO AMERICA
- THE FIRST DROVE OF CAMELS
- THE FIGHT OF THE OSTRICHES
- THE BELLIGERENT ALLIGATORS
- PARROTS AND COCKATOOS
- EDUCATED DOGS
- A WOUNDED HORSE IN THE GRAND MARCH
- INTELLIGENT BRONCHOS
- THE KING OF THE HERD
- AN ELEPHANT'S HUMOR
- ZULUS IN LONDON
- IX
- TRAINING ANIMALS AND PERFORMERS
- THE PERILS OF A TRAINER'S LIFE
- WHERE STEADY NERVES ARE IN DEMAND
- CAPTURED ANIMALS PREFERRED TO CAGE-BORN
- THE EDUCATION OF A YOUNG JAGUAR
- THE LEOPARDS AT KINDERGARTEN
- HOW THEY PUNISH UNRULY PUPILS
- PUNISHMENT OF TREACHEROUS BEASTS
- A SINGLE-HAND FIGHT WITH FIVE LIONS
- TEACHING A HORSE THE TWO-STEP
- RING PERFORMERS TRAINED WITH A DERRICK
- CIRCUS PEOPLE A LONG-LIVED CLASS
- MOBS, CYCLONES AND ADVENTURES
- FORCIBLE ARGUMENT WITH A CITY MARSHAL
- BREAKING CAMP UNDER A HOT RIFLE FIRE
- AMBUSHED AND SHOT AT ON THE ROAD
- THE STUDIES OF THE STUDENT TO THE CLOWN
- DEVOTIONAL SERVICES UPSET BY A DEMON
- THE WILD BEASTS LOOSE IN THE BIG CROWD
- THE MIDNIGHT STAMPEDE OF THE ELEPHANTS
- A POLAR BEAR HUNT ON FIFTH AVENUE
- AN EQUINE OFFICER OF ARTILLERY
- XI
- STORIES OF OLD-TIME SHOWS AND SHOWMEN
- DAN RICE'S ONE-HORSE SHOW
- TAN-BARK ORATORY AND HARLEQUIN PLUCK
- AN IMITATION PATRIOT SHOWN UP
- IN WHICH CUPID WAS MASTER OF THE RING
- BARNUM'S ONE UNCONQUERABLE SUPERSTITION
- GULLIBLE PATRONS IN EARLY DAYS
- EXPEDIENTS OF ADVANCE AGENTS
- PLANTATION SHOWS
- EXHIBITING "YANKEES" IN THE SOUTH
- SLEEPING IN STRANGE ATTITUDES
- THE CIRCUS "CRIER"
- SHOWMEN'S NAMES
- THE ESCAPE OF A LEOPARD
- HOTEL KEEPERS
- EARLY BREAKFASTS
- XII
- HOW THE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM WAS MADE AND LOST
- THE QUEST OF THE THREE-TAILED KINGIO
- HALF-HOURS WITH BASHFUL WHALES
- A SLIPPERY DEAL IN SEA-LIONS
- AN EVENTFUL MONDAY MORNING AT THE AQUARIUM
- THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THE AQUARIUM
- THE END