Author: GROTEFENT, DOROTHY
Title: Circus Potpourri
Description: No Place: D. Grotefent (self-published), 2006. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0977857506. B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 205 pages; Soft cover has slight bumping, rubbing. White spine with red lettering. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY ARTHUR GROTEFENT--WALLENDA AND DOROTHY GROTEFENT, 2006. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with b/w photographs. No place of publication listed, but possibly Sarasota, FL, where the author lived. "...is connected to the internationally famous circus family known as the Great Wallendas by marriage to Arthur, half brother to the late Karl Wallenda. Her great love of the circus and fascination with the performers spurred her on to conduct over 150 interviews with these indomitable individuals...is a collection of articles depicting the people who inhabit the strangely familiar world of the circus. The book is full of human interest and nostalgia and it tells the poognant inside details of the lives of these fascinating performers". ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .

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