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The Incredible Story Of General Tom Thumb, The Three-Foot-Tall Sideshow Performer Who Became One Of The 19th-Century’s Biggest Celebrities
When Charles Stratton was born in 1838, he was a normal baby of slightly above-average weight. But at six months old and 25 ...
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Sword Swallowers, Fire Eaters And Oddities to Take Center Stage at Coney Island Celebration
The Congress of Curious Peoples and Sideshow Hootenanny returns April 25–27, with performances, panels and workshops ...
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Sideshow Alive on the Inside (1999)
These real amazing and very human stories reawakened interest in the bizarre and eccentric world of the circus and carnival sideshow turning ... chosen to be sideshow performers and found real ...
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Step Inside The Odd World Of The Big Apple Circus, Where Performers Live, Train, And Find Love
Other performers aren't from a circus background ... Kane initially joined a three-ring circus, working as a magician in the sideshow. He learned how to eat fire and became "Kanen, the Human ...