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The Great American Medicine Show1 CD/ Appr. Run Time: 1 hours
For generations, traveling medicine shows brought family entertainment to rural hamlets and city boroughs alike. People came with all the fervor of a camp meeting and when the last song and magic act was over, they remained to buy the miraculous elixirs that cured every malady known to man, woman and child. And if the elixirs contained a little alcohol, no one complained. Vaudeville and chautauqua shows went into the hinterlands as roads improved and railroads inched their way across the country. Carnivals, with merry-go-rounds for the children and side shows for the curious.....the fire eaters, the rubber men, the fat ladies and fortune tellers....brought family entertainment within reach of everyone. The old medicine shows faded away; their time had passed.....and we're all the worse for it. But for a few generations, the magic of the medicine show, the gaiety of the carnival, the thrill of the circus and the wonders of the worlds' fairs mesmerized us all. ISBN: 1-893537-24-2
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