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From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle in America, 1830-1910 (1st Edition) by Robert M. Lewis (Editor) Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-8018-8748-8 / 0801887488 ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8748-2 / 9780801887482 Before phonographs and moving pictures, live performances dominated American popular entertainment. Carnivals, circuses, dioramas, magicians, mechanical marvels, musicians, and theatrical troupes―all visited rural fairgrounds, small-town opera houses, and big-city palaces around the country, giving |