⏳ PRINTED ON DEMAND — Please allow 3–4 weeks for delivery

This book is printed one copy at a time when you order it. There is no warehouse shelf of these — your copy goes on the press after you check out. Hardcover binding takes longer than paperback. Please allow 3–4 weeks from order to delivery.

About this book

Circus Memoirs: Reminiscences of George Middleton, c. 1913. A showman's recollections — back in print.

George Middleton's reminiscences capture the American circus from the inside: the performers, the routes, the towns, the life as it was lived around 1913. Shorter than the great manager memoirs at 134 pages, it is a personal, anecdotal view of the big top in its heyday — the kind of book written by a man who was there, for people who love the lot.

For circus collectors it fills the shelf between the show-bill histories and the star memoirs: a genuine voice from the sawdust circle, with the period detail that makes the old circus come alive. An uncommon title, reproduced for the modern reader.

A showman's story, in his own words.

Back in print as a hardcover built to last on the shop shelf.

Details: 6×9" hardcover (case laminate), 134 pages, black and white interior, cream paper.

⚠️ Please read before ordering — about print quality

This is a print-on-demand reprint of a scanned historical document. The pages were scanned from an original 1913 printing, and the print quality of your book reflects the condition of that original scan.

What that means in plain terms: you may see faded text, uneven inking, age spots, show-through from the back of pages, and other imperfections that were in the 1913 original or introduced by the scanning process. These are preserved as-is — they are not printing defects, and they are not something we can fix.

We are not responsible for the condition of the original source material. If you want a pristine modern typeset book, this isn't it. If you want the actual 1913 manual with all its character intact, you're in the right place.

Printed on demand by IngramSpark. One copy at a time — no inventory, no waste.