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Parasitic Twin - Gotta Have It!
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Step down a little closer;
you don't want to miss a
thing. Join fifty-year
sideshow veteran, Rick
West, on a strange and
wonderful trip through
behind-the-scenes tales of
his life as a showman.
The strange, the bizarre,
the unusual comprise this
engaging memoir bursting
at the seams with rare
images of two-headed cows,
Bigfoot creatures, pickled
punks, showgirls,
humongous hogs,
3,500-pound steers, and
much, much more.
From attending the Ozark
Empire Fair at age five to
revealing the true story
behind Frank Hansen's
infamous Minnesota Iceman,
the author takes the
reader into the world of
America's sideshows and
midway grind shows. It's
all here; it's all on the
inside.
See it now or miss it
forever. It's
Showtime!
*Be
astounded by 200+ bizarre,
unusual, and many
never-before-seen sideshow
images
*See amazing carnival midway
shows...animal shows, freak
shows, and, of course, girlie
shows
*Complete
with a glossary of carnival
lingo and other interesting
words and phrases.
Forward: James Taylor -
Shocked & Amazed
Size: 11” x 8 ½” Soft
cover Illustrations 175+
color & 35+ b/w images Pages:
160
Rick West’s “Pickled Punks
& Girlie Shows: A Life Spent
on the Midways of America”
may be purchased at your local
bookstore, numerous online
retailers, Schiffer Publishing
or direct from the author.
To purchase
from the author…
Price $24.99 plus shipping
Shipping and handling Priority
Mail…
$4.95 US destinations
$11.95 Canada/Mexico
$13.95 All other Countries
Please make your check or
money order ($24.99 plus
shipping) payable to Rick West
and send to…
PP
& GS
P.
O. Box 632253
Nacogdoches, Texas 75963
Books are now in stock and
ready to ship.
If
you would like your book
signed “to someone”, clearly
print the name of the person
for whom the book is being
purchased.
Rick West
Ad Number B04-15-2011
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Scott J. Holliday's
first novel is a delightful surprise. Set in the late 1870s,
when travelling circuses with their roadside attractions of
freaks were common, it has the feel of authentic Americana.
Holliday captures the ambience, the language, and the random
cruelty of rural life in that era.
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Parasitic Twin is back. The
second issue features 11 new stories as well as a two page
story by JB Sapienza. PT is a collection of stories about
circus freaks. Beautifully disgusting, horrific yet poignant,
Parasitic Twin will make you laugh and simultaneously tug at
your heart strings.
Features the brand new never seen before 7 page story "Circus
in the Woods. It's about a boy who lives in the forest and
grows from the earth like a dandelion.
Other stories include...
The Lobster Children
The Sword Sallower
The Tegucigalpan Madmen
The Little Albino Girl
The Human Art Gallery
The Reanimated Corpse of Julia Pastrana
The Elephant Man
The Elastic Man
The Living Torso
and The Incredible Bison Girl
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Ad Number B09-28-10
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Ten-year-old Babo
has grown up on an abandoned
circus camp
in a war-torn
country. She sleeps in the old
lion cage and takes care of the
other parentless "leftover kids"
telling them fantastical stories
about the old circus days and
finding ways to make them laugh.
They need her. So Babo is not
one single bit happy when an
American couple wants to adopt
her and change her name to Betti.
How will her real parents ever
find her? Her mama is the
tallest woman in the world with
a tail. And her dad? He's the
famous green alligator man. Of
course. They're circus stars on
the high wire.
But soon crazy America is
exactly where she is---with new
parents and a little sister,
weird food like snaky spooogetti,
and all kinds of people speaking
gobbledygook. Betti is
determined to run away, to
somehow get back to her circus.
She just has to find the perfect
time...
Betti on the High Wire by
Lisa Railsback
Lisa Railsback is the recipient
of a Jerome Fellowship in
Playwriting, from the
Playwrights' Center in
Minneapolis, and a Michener
Fellowship in Writing from the
University of Texas at Austin.
She is a fan of licorice and the
circus.
Look her up at:
www.lisarailsback.com
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Carny Sideshows: Weird
Wonders Of The Midway
Step right up, and feast your
eyes on the incomparable wonders
of a hidden world! Be
astonished! amazed! disgusted!
by brazen acts of
self-destruction that no natural
human body should be able to
withstand!
Tony Gangi, professional
magician, lifelong sideshow
devotee, and card-carrying
graduate of Coney Island's famed
Sideshow School, guides you
through the stupendous
techniques and proud traditions
of this shocking and fascinating
realm of entertainment.
Features interviews with Penn
Jillette and Todd Robbins and
Penn Jillette's ode to the
sideshow, the "10 in 1"
monologue as performed by Penn &
Teller.
Tony Gangi,
Sideshow Book Author
Purchase the Book Here
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In this
8 page black and white mini comic you
will meet Professor Badger and his
able bodied assistant Elle. The
Professor and Elle travel the eight
corners of the globe for the strange
and unusual to put on display in the
Cabinet of Curiosities! This first
adventures takes them high into the
frozen Himalayan Mountains in a quest
for the Yeti's Balls! Will the
Professor and his companions find that
which they seek? Find out in this
thrilling first issue!
Visit the real Professor Badger at
Eight Corner Globe
A few months back I was approached by
a guy named Jim Coon
(Last
dollar comics blogspot)he
wanted to create a comic based on my
alter ego Professor Badger.. I thought
he was insane, but i told him to go
ahead. Go figure ..he did, now
Professor Badger and his lovely
assistant Ms. Elle Emenope have been
immortalized in the comic form.
I recommend you check it out, and all
of Jim's fine "Last Dollar" comics Professor
Badger's Cabinet of Curiosities!
Scott Bonelli
Ad Number B06-11-09 |
A tale
of a young man infatuated with one
half of a set of musical Siamese
twins. Though one head returns his
love, the other is not impressed.
Tensions erupt and tragedies ensue! 16
page mini comic. Full color cover
black and white interiors.
To
learn more click here:
Siamese Twins
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Sale Price:
$19.95
By: James Taylor / Kathleen
Kotcher
Publisher: Dolphin Moon Press /
Atomic Books
Page
Count: 128pp
Size: 8.25 x 11
The
thing you’ve been waiting for with
bated breath, the thing around
which your love of variety
revolves:
Volume 9 of SHOCKED AND AMAZED!
is now available!
In
its grand and glorious – and new,
new, new! – pages, you’ll find:
• Blow-out
interviews with cover boy Tim
“Zamora
the Torture King”
Cridland, one of the most
extreme performers on the
planet; Manuel King,
billed in his day as “The
World’s Youngest Animal
Trainer”; and Karen Forsythe,
10-in-1 worker in the old days
and once-girlfriend of Popeye!
• A major photo essay on the
Bros. Grim Sideshow, one of
the only old-time 10-in-1 shows,
a faithful recreation of the
carnival & circus sideshows from
the 1930s!
• Up close & friendly
instructions on how to create
your very own fakir act! (Just
don’t try this at our house!)
• A truly revealing detective
tale on tracking the real
Joseph Pujol, a.k.a.
Le
Pétomane,
the original fartomaniac!
• The tale of “Snake” King,
the man who supplied nearly
every carnival show in his day
with the most exotic animal
attractions!
• Major pieces on the history of
both minstrel & medicine
shows!
• The latest installments from
NEW editor D.B. Denholtz
on the history of Hubert’s
museum in NYC; Walt Hudson’s
scintillating “Coney Island
Baby”; and the rarest of rare
pictures of 19th century variety
as showcased in “The Strand”!
• and let's not fail to mention
fantastic cover art by
Mark
Frierson and
illustrations by
Kevin
Gerrone and
James
Mundie
Buy
Yours Now!
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Visit
American Sideshow
Sideshow
World's Review
Amazon.com
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here to Purchase
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Wizard's Bestiary
Strange beasts of all kinds have
crawled, run, swam, and flown
through humanity's imagination and
travelers' tales since the dawn of
time. From Gryphons and Unicorns, to
Dragons, Mermaids, and even more
bizarre and fantastical animals, A
Wizard's Bestiary takes you on a
magical journey through the ages and
around the world, to discover
elusive creatures of myth and
legend.
Beware - here be Monsters!
Ad Number B01-16-08
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"What
happens in Vegas doesn't
necessarily stay in Vegas!"
or
even the State of Nevada!
Continuing on their mission to unveil
the true weirdness of America, Mark
Moran and Mark Sceurman, the
masterminds behind the Weird book
series have expand their search into
the great state of Nevada, and of
course, that would include a special
focus on Sin City itself. The Weird
Las Vegas and Nevada team of Joe
Oesterle & Tim Cridland spread out
across the state to uncover the truly
unusual stories that make Vegas and
Nevada unique - stories you won't find
in your average guidebook.
Signed copies of Weird Las Vegas are
$20.00, each post paid.
Send a check or money order written to
Tim Cridland
PO Box 71652
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Weirdly Yours,
Tim AKA Zamora
www.mindandmatter.net
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Limited First Edition
C I R C U S O F T H E S C A R
S
$34.95 each
This
includes USA
shipping and handling
The book is heavy, over 3 pounds, so
expensive to ship overseas. But we can
now ship this book surface rate
International for $39.95 total. Or
airmail International for $46.95
total.
Written by Jan T. Gregor with
Tim Cridland aka
"Zamora the Torture King"
Hardbound with Dust Jacket
450 pages - 32 pages photographs
Over 100 illustrations
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Author: Jim Rose
"Snake Oil" is an eclectic
encyclopedia of all things hustler, ie:
how to do mind control, hypnotism, how
pimps turn girls into prostitutes,
brain washing (what happens when those
cult doors close?), hundreds of bar
bets (some people never have to pay
for their beers because of these
tricks), how to do almost every circus
stunts imaginable, along with many
cons and scams.
You can be dropped off in any city
around the world, broke and not know
anyone and still survive with this
underground survival Bible.
Alleluia my brother!
To Purchase Your Copy
Call: 1-800-953-9929
Or Visit:
www.bartlebythepublisher.com/snakeoil.html
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Author: Renee Dodd
To the
rubes that pay good coin to see them,
they are Freaks. To the other
carnies—those who run the Ferris
Wheel, the Girl Show, and more—they
are the Starlight Carnival Royale’s
most lucrative source of income, and
sometimes, friends.
Click here to learn more
about Renee Dodd's
A Cabinet of
Wonders
Click Here to
Purchase Your Copy
AMAZON.COM
BARNES &
NOBLES
BOOKSENSE
POWELL'S
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World of Wonders
by
Jimmy Katz & Dena
Katz
The New York Times review describes the
book World of Wonders by saying, "The
results are startling: dazzling
portraits in lurid color, with an
unflinching, high-definition intimacy".
World of Wonders
Available at Amazon.com
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order!
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Gypsy Hot Bloods
Ward Hall's New Novel
Now
available,
A novel written in 1961 deemed too racy
for the puritanical tastes of the 1960s,
GYPSY HOT BLOODS was secreted away until a
more enlightened time.
This pulp masterwork threatened the very
fabric of society with its honest and in
depth portrayal of gay love, carny cons
and gypsy life.
Go behind the scenes and learn the secret
language of itinerant entertainers. How do
gypsies scam the squares on a carnival
midway?
Is it possible for two men to find love?
Once born into a gypsy tribe - can one
escape?
Ward Hall examines these taboos and many
more in his first novel, GYPSY HOT BLOODS.
Working from material gathered from a
lifetime spent on the carnival midway,
Ward pulls out all the stops and tells all
in his gripping and compelling first
novel.
A must read for all fans of carnival,
gypsy lore and pulp fiction.
Price:
$14.95
By: Ward Hall
Page Count: 160pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Notes: Paperback
Date Published: 2005
Available from the following outlets,
Dolphin Moon Press
P.O.Box 22232
Baltimore, Md. 21203
C.M. Christ
P.O.Box 907
Gibsonton, Fl 33534
All copies come autographs by author.
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Author:
Carlyn Beccia
Hardcover; 32 pages
Coming Soon
Publication Date: 04/09/2007
Illustrations: Full-color illustrations
Before
the days of TV, DVDs, and video games,
there was the circus. When it came to
town, businesses and schools would shut
down. Folks would gather round, for there,
right in front of their eyes, was drama,
action, and intrigue. There was the grace
of the bareback rider, the daring of the
acrobat, the strangeness of the snake
lady, and the delight of the dancing pigs.
Vintage-style circus posters capture the
weird and the wonderful while fascinating
sidebars reveal historical truths behind
America’s circuses. What was it like when
the circus came to town? This book,
illustrated in rich oils, gives us a
ringside seat.
Houghton
Mifflin
Company
To Find out more or Purchase Your Copy
click on above image.
Or Visit:
Ballyhoo the Book
Ad N-24-2006
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 A Journey Into the World of the
Circus by Jamie MacVicar
"THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CIRCUS
had passed but under Irvin
Feld, the ruthless,
unpredictable, super salesman,
another golden age of
promotion had just begun."
And so begins the
extraordinary tale of The
Advance Man. It's a
history, a love story, and a
tale of self-discovery. And as
much, it's a captivating
inside look at Ringling
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Circus.
Richly textured and
meticulously researched, The
Advance Man is an
incomparable bridge from the
past to the present. It is a
spellbinding narrative
inhabited by strange and
seductive characters like
Chang and Eng, the Siamese
twins who couldn't be
engaged in two different
conversations simultaneously;
and the smallest man in the
world who continuously stymied
the show's most virile man.
From San Diego to Cleveland
to moss draped, beguiling
Savannah, the story
illuminates the fabric of
American cities - and reveals
a tapestry of who we are.
But as events gather speed,
catapulting the reader and the
advance man down a
heart-pounding track, it
becomes easy to forget that
"sometimes the most complex
illusions have the simplest
explanations."
Artfully, MacVicar
invites us into a world of
splashing color. Whether you
are a history or circus
enthusiast, a student of
business, or just the lover of
a remarkable yarn, the ride
will be memorable, as
unforgettable as a childhood
night at the circus.
Purchase the Book Here
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