@article{1460903,
      recid = {1460903},
      author = {Morris, Ron.},
      title = {Wallenda : a biography of Karl Wallenda /},
      publisher = {Sagarin Press,},
      address = {Chatham, N.Y. :},
      pages = {182 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :},
      year = {1976},
      abstract = {Death stalks high wire " ... the wire shuddered ... the  seven people suspended for an instatn on the edge of  certain death ... some fell and died others still go on ...  this id the truth of the dangerous life of a hig wore  artiste ..." So goes the suspenseful story of the life of  Karl Wallenda; the most famous circus performer of this  century. From the childhood days of poverty and  performances in the Biergartens of World War One Germany to  earn enough money to feed his family to the days of trimph  and tradgedy as the headline act for Ringling Bros. and  Barnum & Bailey Circus the story of Karl Wallenda ia a tale  of unremitting courage, gargantuan strength and simple  pride in doing the one thing he could do. Karl Wallenfa has  thrilled audiences for over 60 years and now his legend  comes to you in this exciting book. You will be thrilled to  read of the conquest of fear in the creation of heretofore  impossible feats and saddened with the inevitable deaths  when so much relies on pure courage and will. ... Jacket.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1460903},
}