Old Bet and the start of the American circus
By: Robert McClung ; illustrated by Laura Kelly.
Contributors: Kelly, Laura ill.
Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Old Bet (Elephant) -- Juvenile literature.; Circus animals -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Circus -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Old Bet (Elephant).; Elephants.; Circus animals.; Circus -- History.
Description: Describes the performing career of the elephant Old Bet, whose traveling exhibition under the management of Hackaliah Bailey in the early nineteenth century gave rise to the tradition of the American circus.