Wait for the Muncie Boys: Indiana's Early Circuses

x, 142 pp. "The first circuses came to Indiana in the 1820s, almost as soon as the first villages of log cabins sprang up in pioneer clearings. Big shows like Hagenbeck-Wallace headquarterd hear, and their show lists and general histories are detailed in the book. But the story really focuses on the boys and girls of smalltown Hoosierdom, who became the stars of the Big Top. Trapeze artists, animal trainers, Wild West stars of the silent screen--all step into the ring and under the spotlight..."--jacket