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- catalog abstract "Here is the fascinating though ofttimes shady history of the medicine show, an American show-business institution that dispensed hoopla and nostrums to a credulous clientele. When medicine shows died out, the nation lost one of its most rollicking entertainments.".
- catalog contributor b9475471.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "1. Step Right Up -- 2. Pitchmen, High and Low -- 3. The Medicine Show -- 4. Wizard Oil -- 5. The Kickapoo Idea -- 6. The Kickapoo Shows -- 7. Indian Shows and Showmen -- 8. Oregon -- 9. Up in All the Acts and Bits -- 10. For a Better Tomorrow -- 11. "How to Run a Medicine Show Successful": New Advice from an Old Showman -- Five Medicine Show Sketches -- The Photograph Gallery -- Three O'Clock Train -- Pete in the Well -- Over the River, Charlie -- Niagara Falls -- A Glossary of Pitchmen's Terms.".
- catalog description "Here is the fascinating though ofttimes shady history of the medicine show, an American show-business institution that dispensed hoopla and nostrums to a credulous clientele. When medicine shows died out, the nation lost one of its most rollicking entertainments.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-236) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 249 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Step right up.".
- catalog identifier "0878058311 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "087805832X (paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Step right up.".
- catalog isPartOf "Performance studies".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Step right up.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "791/.1 20".
- catalog subject "GV1835.5 .M35 1995".
- catalog subject "Medicine shows United States History.".
- catalog subject "Nostrums United States History.".
- catalog subject "QV 711 AA1 M2s 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Step Right Up -- 2. Pitchmen, High and Low -- 3. The Medicine Show -- 4. Wizard Oil -- 5. The Kickapoo Idea -- 6. The Kickapoo Shows -- 7. Indian Shows and Showmen -- 8. Oregon -- 9. Up in All the Acts and Bits -- 10. For a Better Tomorrow -- 11. "How to Run a Medicine Show Successful": New Advice from an Old Showman -- Five Medicine Show Sketches -- The Photograph Gallery -- Three O'Clock Train -- Pete in the Well -- Over the River, Charlie -- Niagara Falls -- A Glossary of Pitchmen's Terms.".
- catalog title "Step right up / by Brooks McNamara.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".