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Well-known theatre and circus historian William L. Slout here collects together 29 first-hand accounts of 19th- and early 20th-century popular amusements, including summer resorts, watering places, agricultural fairs, World's Fairs, the circus, vaudeville, theatre, and amusement parks. Complete with index, introduction, and contemporaneous illustrations.Slout, William L. is the author of 'Popular Amusements in Horse & Buggy America: An Anthology of Contemporaneous Essays (Clipper Studies in the American Theater ; No. 2)', published 2009 under ISBN 9780893704612 and ISBN 089370461X.
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