The biggest, the smallest, the longest, the shortest : a chronicle of the American circus from its heartland / by Dean Jensen.

In the beginning
Showtown, U.S.A.
Trouping in Dixie and the wild west
W.C. Coup: the brain behind barnum
The triumphs and trials of Burr Robbins
Snake oil and popcorn
Enter the Ringlings
The Hall dynasty
Death at the circus
A black Barnum and Dode Fisk
How the big one got that way
The truck troupers
The show goes on ... and on
List of Wisconsin circuses
Language of the circus.