Circus Queen & Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline - Rilegato

Kline, Tiny

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ISBN 10: 0252033124 ISBN 13: 9780252033124

Casa editrice: Univ of Illinois Pr, 2008

Riassunto

This engaging memoir follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. While working for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Kline became well known for her signature "slide for life" stunt, an "iron jaw" act in which she slid to the ground while dangling from trapeze rigging by her teeth. Kline renewed her spectacular acrobatics at the age of seventy when she played Tinker Bell in the "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks show at Disneyland. In that same year, she also began writing her life story.

Extensively annotated by Janet M. Davis, this memoir documents twentieth-century changes in popular amusements, while providing fresh insight into circus personalities such as John Ringling, acrobat Lillian Leitzel, and big cat trainer Mabel Stark, as well as mainstream entertainers like Florenz Ziegfeld, John Philip Sousa, and others. Kline also provides intimate details about the daily machinations at the circus, including fascinating accounts of its sexual politics, racial dynamics, risky nature, and labor relations.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Janet M. Davis is an associate professor of American studies and history at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Illinois Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0252033124
• ISBN 13: 9780252033124
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 359
• Redattore: Davis Janet M.