Cradle of the American Circus

Poems from Somers, New York

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Jo Pitkin ISBN: 9781625840813
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: September 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Jo Pitkin
ISBN: 9781625840813
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: September 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
America�s circus�a spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big top�grew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somers�s unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is
about to begin.
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America�s circus�a spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big top�grew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somers�s unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is
about to begin.

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