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Clicko
Neil Parsons
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Description for Clicko
Paperback. During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh - whose stage name was Clicko - performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This title presents the story of Taibosh's journey from boyhood on a small farm in South Africa to top billing as one of the travelling World's Fair Freaks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: ASZ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh - whose stage name was Clicko - performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Prior to his fame in the United States, Taibosh toured the world as the 'Wild Dancing Bushman', showing off his frenzied dance moves in freak shows, sideshows, and music halls from Australia to Cuba. When he died in 1940, the "New York Times" called him 'the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country'. In "Clicko", Neil Parsons unearths the untold story of Taibosh's journey from boyhood ... Read more
During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh - whose stage name was Clicko - performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Prior to his fame in the United States, Taibosh toured the world as the 'Wild Dancing Bushman', showing off his frenzied dance moves in freak shows, sideshows, and music halls from Australia to Cuba. When he died in 1940, the "New York Times" called him 'the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country'. In "Clicko", Neil Parsons unearths the untold story of Taibosh's journey from boyhood ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226647425
SKU
V9780226647425
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About Neil Parsons
Neil Parsons, a former professor of history at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, is the author of King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain through African Eyes, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Clicko
"An astonishing story that illuminates the history of a talented person who represented a fragile culture to the world. It entertains and astonishes us - but it also enriches our knowledge of a hardy and resourceful person and a fascinating slice of southern African history." - Alexander McCall Smith, from his Foreword"