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An odd assortment of characters populate the fairgrounds and circus tents of this unique collection from circus legends such as P.T. Barnum and Otis Jordan the Frog Prince to a motley crew of ride monkeys and rubes. STEP RIGHT UP takes the reader everywhere from the concert halls of a pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg to the streets of Coney Island and offers everything from Fred Rosen's account of the scandalous demise of Grady 'Lobster Boy' Stiles, Jr. to imaginative fiction such as Katherine Dunn's GEEK LOVE, a tale about the enchantingly dysfunctional carny clan the Binewskis.
Also featuring works by:James Taylor Ray Bradbury Harry Crews Mark Twain Johnny Meah Franz Kafka Eudora Welty Flannery O'Connor ... and many more!
'A splendid sampler of sideshow literature - the writers and their subjects often exhibit virtuosic skills worthy of your undivided attention.' -Ricky Jay
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| Author | Nathaniel Knaebel |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Carroll & Graf |
| Page Count | 326pp |
| Publication Size | 6 x 9 |
| Publication Notes | Softcover |
| Publication Date | 2004 |
| ISBN | 978-0786713325 |
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