Extracts from Seventy Years a Showman
Chapters Nine & Ten describe the dangers faced by travelling showfolk and the particular violence of Bath (plus the revenge wrought by showfolk when crossed).
Chapter Thirty Two reveals some of Sanger’s tricks, including the Shoal of Trained Fish in their Exhibition of a Naval Engagement and the Pipe-Smoking Oyster.
Showman Chapter Thirty TwoMatthew Crampton’s introduction.
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