Sawdust Spangles: Stories Secrets of the Circus (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Sawdust Spangles: Stories Secrets of the Circus

The next year marked a turning point in the career of Mr. Coup and also in that of the traveling Show business. He was the first man who ever called the railroad into service for the purpose Of moving a circus and menagerie. This significant step was taken in Opposition to the judgment Of his partner, P. T. Barnum, and in the face of the doubts and objections of the leading railroad officials of the country. But Mr. Coup's faith in the results Of this rapid transportation movement was firm, and he astonished Mr. Barnum and the entire public by the phenomenal success of this ven ture, which brought a rich harvest of money and reputation.

The project of building a permanent amuse ment palace in New York came to Mr. Coup in 1874. Under his supervision, and while Mr.

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Excerpt from Sawdust Spangles: Stories Secrets of the Circus

The notes from which the following narrative was drawn were dictated by Mr. W. C. Coup at odd moments in the big show tent, the special car or the hotel where he chanced to find himself with a half-hour at his disposal. The manner and the motive of their writing unite to contribute to their charm and effectiveness. His unbounded enthusiasm for his peculiar calling and his desire so to state the facts of his experience as to give the general public a fairer and fuller understanding of its real conditions inspired him to the labor of crowding into his busy life the pleasant task of putting upon paper the main points of his interesting career.

Nothing could have been more fortunate than the fact that he was compelled to do this in a manner wholly informal, - intending later to put his haphazard notes into good literary form. His recollections fell from his lips as they came into his mind, in the forceful and picturesque phraseology of the typical showman.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.