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LEADER: 01219nam a22002778a 4500
001 2012014081
003 DLC
005 20120503141537.0
008 120413s2012 ncu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2012014081
020 $a9780786470235 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aGV550.2.B37$bS74 2012
082 00 $a796.47092$aB$223
100 1 $aStewart, John.
245 14 $aThe acrobat :$bArthur Barnes and the Victorian circus /$cJohn Stewart.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2012.
263 $a1206
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Arthur Barnes was the world's greatest acrobat. This book traces his story as a bright thread of triumphs and tragedies running through the tapestry of the mid Victorian era. He escapes the doom of the iron foundry by bounding out of the slums of the East End of London to become the "champion vaulter of all the world.""--Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aBarnes, Arthur,$d1828-1908.
650 0 $aAcrobats$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aCircus performers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aCircus$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.