Major James Pond spent decades managing lecture tours, and here he recalls the famous people who stood on his platforms: orators and preachers, women lecturers, humorists, explorers and war correspondents, actors, critics and authors reading from their own work. Anecdotes of travel, temperament and box office fill every chapter.
A lively backstage view of the American lyceum circuit and the celebrities of the late nineteenth century. Download the free EPUB.