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Ward Hall ran across town and joined the circus for a part time gig in 1944 when he was a "kid" living in Colorado. A year later, as a 15 year old 10th grade dropout, he ran away for good, joining the Dailey Bros. Circus. He never looked back. By…
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This biography is a fascinating look at the guy who kept one sideshow or another going for some fifty years, weathering every kind of catastrophe imaginable and, in the process, meeting all sorts of people others might consider odd. Working with monkey girls, half-people, sword swallowers, and fire eaters, Ward was the talker who brought the crowds in, as well as the one who made the numbers work and ran the show.
Like life itself, Ward’s shows were full of fakery, illusion, and the real thing—dwarfs, bearded ladies, and others seen as human oddities. His take on entertaining the masses,…
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