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Celebrations of Curious Characters
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ISBN: 1936365030
Author: Jay, Ricky
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Celebrations of Curious Characters cracks open the personal vaults of Ricky Jayraconteur, historian, and one of the worlds great sleight-of-hand artistsexposing a wonderful world of amusing and arcane knowledge. Adapted from his popular radio series Jays Journal of the Air, Celebrations of Curious Characters features one-page anecdotes of mind-bending performers (limbless jugglers, banjo-picking birds, Anglo-Texan saxophone-playing siamese twins) paired with engravings, mezzotints, and broadsheets from the authors remarkable collection. Youll find engaging vignettes on a daunting variety of topics: musical prodigies, cannon-ball catchers, conmen, card cheats, and performing politicians. Plus, a man who made a model of Lincoln Cathedral out of 1,000,800 bottle corks; a woman continuously pregnant for six-and-a-half years; a theatrical strong man who became the worlds leading Egyptologist; and a healthy number of digressions on time, money, and the argot of thieves.
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