| Description |
xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published: Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Growing up in the snow mountains -- Recruited at Kimberley -- Enter Paddy Hepston -- Disappearance to Australasia or the far east? -- The dancing bushman in London -- Dancing in Cambridge and Paris -- Hiding from humanitarians -- Margate rendezvous -- From Dublin to Havana -- Coney Island and Havana again -- Joining Barnum and Bailey's circus -- Kidnap in Connecticut -- "I am an American gentleman" -- Sam Gumpertz takes over -- High life with Frank and Evelyn -- "I inherited a bushman" -- California interlude -- The great terminal dance. |
| Summary |
During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh--whose stage name was Clicko--performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. |
| Subject |
Taibosh, Franz, -1940.
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Circus performers -- Biography.
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Korana (African people) -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780226647418 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0226647412 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780226647425 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0226647420 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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