Baudy, the Animal Man : The Biography of Robert Baudy
by Robert Baudy, Sandra Thompson
Paperback - 557 pages (April 1996)
Rainbow Books, Inc.; ISBN: 1568250320 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.11 x 8.48 x 5.52
From Kevin: The quintessential cat
man/conservationist. A MUST for any serious circus or wild animal library!
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Tiger, tiger : my 25 years with the big cats
by Charly Baumann
From Kevin: If you don't have
Charly's book, your "lion tamer" library is NOT complete!
You can hear
Baumann's voice behind every story in this book. Now that Charly is off the road
--and no one to pick up his whip (not in the same way he did)-- this book is a treasure.
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Circus Techniques : Juggling,
Equilibristics, Vaulting
by Hovey Burgess
Paperback Rev. Ed. edition
(January 1990)
Brian Dube; ISBN: 0917643062
From Kevin:
Hovey was with Circus Flora after I left them and I never have caught up with him to tell
him
--one of his books taught me how to juggle (after several failed attempts).
He's
a GREAT teacher!
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Cirque Du Soleil
by Sylvie Drake, Vincent Robert, Adam J. Bezark, Veronique Vial
Paperback 1 Ed edition
(February 1994)
Rizzoli Bookstore; ISBN: 0847817938
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Under the Big Top : A Season With the Circus
by Bruce S. Feiler
Hardcover (June 1995)
Scribner; ISBN: 0684197588
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Old-Time Circus Cuts : A Pictorial Archive of 202 Illustrations
by Fox, Charles P. Fox (Editor)
Paperback - 119 pages (October
1979)
Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486236536 ; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.33 x 11.11 x 8.33
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Untamed : The Autobiography of the
Circus's Greatest Animal Trainer Gunther
Gebel-Williams
by Gunther Gebel-Williams
From Kevin: Another one of those "I wish
I would have bought it when I could" titles! Come on
-Gunther's "the
man" for big cats and elephants in the 70s and 80s!
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Big Top Boss : John Ringling North and the Circus
by David Lewis Hammarstrom
Hardcover - 341 pages (August
1992)
Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref); ISBN:
0252019016 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.38 x 9.34 x 6.35
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Modoc :
The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
by Ralph Helfer
Paperback - 325 pages 1 Harper
edition (October 1998)
Harperperennial Library; ISBN: 0060929510 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x 8.01 x 5.36
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Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women
by Ricky Jay
Paperback - 356 pages (November 1998)
Noonday Pr; ISBN:
037452570
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Wild Animal Trainer in America
by Joanne Joys
From Kevin: Usually costs a fortune --but
worth it for this CLASSIC.
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P.T. Barnum : America's Greatest Showman
by Peter W. Kunhardt (Contributor), Philip Kunhardt
(Contributor)
Hardcover - 358 pages (October 1995)
Knopf; ISBN: 0679435743 ; Dimensions (in
inches): 1.16 x 10.34 x 8.34
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The Golden Age of the Circus
by Howard Loxton
Hardcover - 112 pages (April
1997)
Smithmark Publishing; ISBN: 0765199092 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x 12.25 x 9.52
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Doc, My Tiger's Got an Itch
by John Martin
Hardcover (January 1999)
Guild Press of Indiana; ISBN: 187820887X
From Kevin: This is the autobiography of
Jack Martin, DVM, the beloved veteran circus and wild animal veterinarian.
Learn not
only about some of the famous animals but also Jack's stories
of your friends and mine:
Bobby Gibbs, Charly Baumann and others.
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Wallenda : A Biography of Karl Wallenda
by Ron. Morris
From Kevin: I'm not giving up my copy signed
by Karl --but ANY copy of this book is worth its weight in gold.
One of my favorite
circus characters in one of my favorite circus families!
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Two Hundred Years of the American Circus :
From Aba-Daba to the Zoppe-Zavatta Troupe
by Tom Ogden
Hardcover - 402 pages (November 1993)
Facts on File, Inc.; ISBN: 0816026114 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.32 x 11.27 x 8.81
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Living With Big Cats :
The Story of Jungle Larry, Safari Jane, and David Tetzlaff
by Sharon Rendell-Smock
Paperback (November 1994)
Intl. Zoological Society Books; ISBN:
0964260409
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Spiritual Journey of Joseph L. Greenstein : The Mighty Atom
by Ed Spielman
Paperback - 234 pages 2 edition
(March 1998)
1st Glance Books; ISBN: 1885440308 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.67 x 9.06 x 6.02
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The Last of
the Wallendas
by Delilah Wallenda, Nan De Vincentis-Hayes (Contributor),
Nan DeVincentis Hayes
Hardcover - 254 pages (June 1993)
New Horizon Press; ISBN: 0882821164 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.96 x 9.30 x 6.29
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I Loved Rogues
by George Washington Lewis
From Kevin: If you like elephants AT ALL,
you LOVE this book.
If you work with elephants SHAME ON YOU if you haven't read this
book yet!
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Deep in the Jungle
by Dan Yaccarino
Hardcover (February
1999)
Atheneum; ISBN:
0689822359
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