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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Carlyon, David. Dan Rice. New York : Public Affairs, c2001 (OCoLC)606645643 Online version: Carlyon, David. Dan Rice. New York : Public Affairs, c2001 (OCoLC)609166212 |
| Named Person: | Dan Rice; Dan Rice, Komiker. |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Carlyon |
| ISBN: | 1891620576 9781891620577 |
| OCLC Number: | 47255302 |
| Description: | xix, 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- pt. 1. A perfect rush : 1823-1847 -- 1. Home, sweet home -- 2. Go West, young man -- 3. Learned pig, learned Dan -- 4. "Circus" -- 5. Clown to the ring -- pt. 2. One-horse show : 1848-1852 -- 6. Spalding and Spicy Rose -- 7. Reading, not acting clown -- 8. Foreclosure -- 9. One-horse story -- 10. Like a phoenix -- 11. Alternating ringmasters -- 12. Curses, foiled again! -- pt. 3. The great American humorist : 1853-1856 -- 13. The Barnum of New Orleans -- 14. See the elephant -- 15. People's choice -- 16. $100,000 -- 17. Bearded in his den -- 18. Dan Rice's great show -- 19. Servis renderd -- 20. Hey, rube! -- pt. 4. "Something higher" : 1856-1860 -- 21. Cabinet of curiosities -- 22. Genius for fun -- 23. Excelsior! -- 24. Daniel McLaren -- 25. Grammatical assassin? -- 26. The end? -- 27. Ring cycle -- pt. 5. The people's candidate : 1860-1867 -- 28. House divided -- 29. Southern sympathy -- 30. Union, alias peace -- 31. A muted voice -- 32. "Colonel" Rice -- 33. Rice for president -- pt. 6. Reverse of success : 1868-1883 -- 34. Folly to fight -- 35. Paris pavilion -- 36. Is life worth living? -- pt. 7. Old Uncle Dan : 1884-1900 -- 37. More fun than you can count -- 38. Snake oil -- 39. Honest Abe's Uncle Sam -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | David Carlyon. |
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