Circus History Live! Featuring Maureen Brunsdale Plus the 2023 Thayer Prize Award to Danise Payne
This episode of Circus History Live! features Circus Historical Society (CHS) trustee Maureen Brunsdale discussing her new biography of Art Concello, In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior. Learn more about the book here.Â
At the beginning of the program, CHS awards the 2023 Stuart Thayer Prize to Danise Payne for her fantastic autobiography, Elbows in My Ears: My Life with Little People, Tigers, and Wardrobe Trunks. Learn more about this book (and where to purchase it!) at https://www.danisepayne.com/.
Circus History Live! is a free Zoom event open to all CHS members and non-members. Learn more about the Circus Historical Society and join today at circushistory.org.
Want more circus history? Visit the Bandwagon collection on the Internet Archive for over 500 fully searchable issues dating back to the 1940s.
Read CHS President Bruce Hawley’s book reviews on CircusTalk:
Elbows in My Ears: My Favorite Circus Book of 2022
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