Maureen Brunsdale is a circus historian and board member of the Circus Historical Society. She is the Special Collections Librarian at Milner Library, Illinois State University. Brunsdale is the coauthor of The Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy. Learn more at MaureenBrunsdale.com.

Circus is a part of show business. In the Shadow of the Big Top by Maureen Brunsdale chronicles the lives of two extraordinary show people who had a major impact on the business aspects of the circus in the 20th Century.... After reading this scholarly and well-documented book... you will not only know what made these two people circus legends, but you will have also learned a great deal about the history of the American circus.

Maureen Brunsdale is a circus historian and board member of the Circus Historical Society. She is the Special Collections Librarian at Milner Library, Illinois State University. Brunsdale is the coauthor of The Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy. Learn more at MaureenBrunsdale.com.

Circus is a part of show business. In the Shadow of the Big Top by Maureen Brunsdale chronicles the lives of two extraordinary show people who had a major impact on the business aspects of the circus in the 20th Century.... After reading this scholarly and well-documented book... you will not only know what made these two people circus legends, but you will have also learned a great deal about the history of the American circus.

Maureen Brunsdale is a circus historian and board member of the Circus Historical Society. She is the Special Collections Librarian at Milner Library, Illinois State University. Brunsdale is the coauthor of The Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy. Learn more at MaureenBrunsdale.com.

Circus is a part of show business. In the Shadow of the Big Top by Maureen Brunsdale chronicles the lives of two extraordinary show people who had a major impact on the business aspects of the circus in the 20th Century.... After reading this scholarly and well-documented book... you will not only know what made these two people circus legends, but you will have also learned a great deal about the history of the American circus.