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Blending FACT with FICTION
2007
Overview
For those of you who haven't read the book, it has two timelines: one in the present day, when Jacob, the protagonist, is stuck in a nursing home; and one at the height of the Great Depression, when he lands on a rickety train circus and finds himself in love with both a woman and an elephant named Rosie. The first thing I did was contact the archivist at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis. (the original home of the Ringling brothers), and she sent me a bibliography of suggested reading. To my immense surprise, the main museum focuses on fine art rather than the circus (rumor has it that whenever Mabel Ringling got angry at John Ringling, she would buy increasingly expensive pieces of increasingly gory religious artwork-a doubleedged punitive sword).
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By Gamers For Gamers
