A former circus press agent takes readers behind the sideshow and into the training den. Cooper describes how animals are caught and shipped, the characters of individual lions, tigers and elephants, cubs born in the cages, the menagerie dogs who prevent stampedes, and the nerve and psychology of the trainers who work with them.
Lively animal lore from the golden age of the travelling circus, though its view of captive animals is that of its time. Download the free EPUB.