Death Defying Acts - The History of the Circus

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Adults, Seniors
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Historian William Pack takes you on a fantastical journey through the history of the Circus, from Phil Astley's creation of the modern circus in 1768 to Dan Rice, "the most famous man you've never heard of," to the feud between P.T. Barnum and the Ringling Brothers.

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