Not exact matches
Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in
circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded
by mirrors of hard, distorting glass.
Today, BookPage contributing writer Alice Cary shares details of her talk with Beth Macy, author of Truevine, a compelling account of two African - American brothers who were kidnapped
by a
circus promoter and displayed as
sideshow freaks for decades.
Some of the
sideshow people in the old days were quite handsome / beautiful, but that was never exploited
by the
circus owners.