Описание: In a series of interwoven fictionalized stories, Deborah Noyes gives voice to the marginalized women in P. T. Barnum's family -- and the talented entertainers he built his entertainment empire on. Much has been written about P. T. Barnum -- legendary showman, entrepreneur, marketing genius, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century personalities. For those who lived in Barnum's shadow, however, life was complex. P. T. Barnum's two families -- his family at home, including his two wives and his daughters, and his family at work, including Little People, a giantess, an opera singer, and many sideshow entertainers -- suffered greatly from his cruelty and exploitation. Yet, at the same time, some of his performers, such as General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), became wealthy celebrities who were admired and feted by presidents and royalty. In this collection of interlinked stories illustrated with archival photographs, Deborah Noyes digs deep into what is known about the people in Barnum's orbit and imagines their personal lives, putting front and center the complicated joy and pain of what it meant to be one of Barnum's "creatures."
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Gothic! ISBN: 1406309672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406309676 Издательство: Walker Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1038.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From a lovesick count and the ghost of his brutalized servant and a serial killer who defies death, to a house with a violent mind of its own and another that holds within its peeling walls a grotesque secret, these ten stories draw on dark fantasy and fairy tale, horror and wild humour, the supernatural and the surreal.
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Restless dead ISBN: 1406309680 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406309683 Издательство: Walker Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1038.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Enter the murky world of the undead... From a beyond-the-grave stalker-girlfriend to prankster devil worshippers, a childish ghost of the future to a vampire lover with bloody ties to the past, these are the characters in these ten original stories.
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Plague in the Mirror ISBN: 0763659800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763659806 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1562.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Tooth And Claw ISBN: 0425289850 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780425289853 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 919.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Lady Icarus: Balloonmania And The Brief, ISBN: 0593122046 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593122044 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A riveting middle-grade biography about Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France in the late 1700s, set against the thrilling backdrop of early flight. Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the streets of Paris in 1819.
But first, Blanchard made nearly 70 spectacular flights, survived a revolution, and become a court favorite of the emperor Napoleon (who gave her the title, Aeronaut of the Official Festivals) and later of the King of France. Set against the backdrop of the history of flight, watch as Balloonmania-- a phenomenon that riveted all of Europe-- took hold and inspired a great many artists authors, and dreamers.
This lively scrapbook-style biography with more than fifty black-and-white photos throughout, introduces a frightened, nervous girl who became a fearless legend in the skies.
Автор: Noyes, Deborah Название: Lady Icarus: Balloonmania And The Brief, ISBN: 0593122038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593122037 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A riveting middle-grade biography about Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France in the late 1700s, set against the thrilling backdrop of early flight. Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the streets of Paris in 1819.
But first, Blanchard made nearly 70 spectacular flights, survived a revolution, and become a court favorite of the emperor Napoleon (who gave her the title, Aeronaut of the Official Festivals) and later of the King of France. Set against the backdrop of the history of flight, watch as Balloonmania-- a phenomenon that riveted all of Europe-- took hold and inspired a great many artists authors, and dreamers.
This lively scrapbook-style biography with more than fifty black-and-white photos throughout, introduces a frightened, nervous girl who became a fearless legend in the skies.
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