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Showmen: The Voice of Travelling Fair People Hardcover - 2012
by Sally Festing
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- Title Showmen: The Voice of Travelling Fair People
- Author Sally Festing
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Shaun Tyas
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781907730184 / 1907730184
- Library of Congress subjects Fairs - Great Britain - History, Fairs - Great Britain -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013376143
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.09
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Showmen: The Voice of Travelling Fair People
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Showmen, the Voice of the Travelling Fair People
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Lincolnshire: Shaun Tyas, 2013. Book. Fine. Paperback. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine, new copy. 192pp +section of 60 colour photographs. Fairgrounds and the travelling showmen who run them are the subjects of this book. it is composed of interviews with the show people, exploring their philosophy and way of life, their troubles and joys, aspirations and even their rich heritage of language. The 23 chapters include subjects such as women's place, education, problems with planning, foreign travel, the showmen's guild, and the life of children in thier communities. There are family trees of the families studied, a glossary of showman's language, and an index, and a glorious section of sixty high quality colour photographs..
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