Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art. “The Circus Annual” from Ringling Bros ...

In 1969, at age 19, Rob Mermin literally ran off and joined the circus. While his friends were wallowing in the mud at Woodstock, attending college and protesting the Vietnam War, Mermin was getting ...

Our favorite butler and master are back with more tea and cakes, more cutlery-based warfare, and more evil to rout from the London underworld. After a letter from Queen Victoria, some breaking and ...

CAT MAN (310 pp.)—Edward Hoagland—Houghton Mifflin ($3.75). Reading this novel about circus life is a little like lifting a splendid rug and finding that unspeakable things have been swept under it.

Durango’s San Juan Circus presents “A Book of Spells,” featuring world-class aerial and acrobatics from all over Colorado, for one night only at 6:30 (family friendly) and 9 p.m. (not family friendly, ...