The Story of "Mr. Circus"

vii, 352 pp. "Charles T. Hunt Sr. "Mr. Circus" was born in Kingston, N.Y. August of 1873. In 1892 at age 19 he started his first circus with partners W. C. Brainard and Eugene Feralto. Brainard was the business manager, Feralto was the circus strongman and Hunt did a tight wire, juggling and roman rings. Hunt Bros. moved on 30 trucks and showed the north eastern United States. The show became the oldest circus owned and operated by the same family."--Circuses and Sideshows