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Dan Rice : the most famous man you've never heard of

Author: David Carlyon
Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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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