Title: Old Bet and the start of the American circus
First published: 1993
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.
Subjects: Circus animals, Elephants, Juvenile literature, Circus, Old Bet (Elephant), History, Circus, juvenile literature, Circus, history, Elephants, juvenile literature
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: GV1831.E4 M38 1993