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Big Top Boss

Big Top Boss

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by David Hammarstrom

Book Details

Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1992
Language: en
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780252019012
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Moderate confidence: 70%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 13+

Moderate confidence (70%) — AI estimate from description and metadata.

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceVery low
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
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🧠Mental HealthNone
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
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😨Fear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalBrief mention
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

A brilliant, eclectic showman, circus king John Ringling North achieved international fame as a talent scout, booking the likes of Gargantua the Great and Unus, the man who stood on his forefinger. He once engaged George Balanchine to choreograph a ballet for elephants, with Igor Stravinsky composing the music.Big Top Boss explores the remarkable career of North, who ran Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for thirty years.

Themes & Topics

CIRCUS_BIOGRAPHY

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