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Elephant Story
- Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top
Engelsk Paperback
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Elephant Story
- Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top
Engelsk Paperback

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The newspapers called him "Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon," "Behemoth of Holy Writ" and "Prodigious Mountain." He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo''s mere presence in the Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson circus guaranteed an additional $3,000 a day in box office receipts. More of an exhibit than a performer, Jumbo was simply paraded around the three rings. But still the people came, just to marvel at the size of this monster pachyderm.

This work traces Jumbo''s capture in East Africa, his life in the London Zoo, the controversy over his sale for $10,000 to American showman P.T. Barnum, his journey across the Atlantic, his life as the most famous attraction in Barnum''s circus, and his tragic death in a railway accident in Canada in 1885.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
135
ISBN-13:
9780786406326
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786406321
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jan 2000
Længde:
7mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
15 jan 2000
Forfatter(e):
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