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Sto caricando le informazioni... Memoirs of a Sword Swallower (1951)di Daniel P. Mannix
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I picked this up at the Salvation Army in Buffalo. It's certainly dated, but does have some laugh-out-loud lines. If you've any interest in the old-fashioned carny life and are willing to overlook the politically incorrect tone of a book written in the late forties, this is worth a read. Some of the sword and neon-tube swallowing stories are positively harrowing, as are the fire-eating. That's a stiff learning curve. ( ) The style of this book might seem odd to some young readers, but I highly recommend it for people of all ages. The true story of what happened when Dan Mannix joined the carnival as a side show performer is amazing, normal, g-rated, sexy and surprisingly introspective. The book has been reissued under an unnecessarily flashier title - "Confessions of a Sword Swallower" but the book remains a straightforward and fascinating read. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Biography. Popular Culture. America's leading fire-eater recounts his life as a carny. Includes 58 photos from Mannix's private archive. A sympathetic and funny account of life with a carnival by a young man who impulsively joined up with one, mastered the elements of fire-eating and sword-swallowing in record time, and then rose, Horatio Alger-like, into the rarified company of neon-bulb swallowers...it's engrossing. -- The New Yorker. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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