This first balanced picture of circusking John Ringling North explored the remarkable career of the man who ran RinglingBros. and Barnum & Baily for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom detailshow North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions andwars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.Hammarstrom interviewed a host of circus figures including North himself; hisformers, directors, and department heads who were involved with the circus whenNorth owned and operated it.

This first balanced picture of circusking John Ringling North explored the remarkable career of the man who ran RinglingBros. and Barnum & Baily for thirty years. David Lewis Hammarstrom detailshow North guided the circus through adversities ranging from depressions andwars to crippling labor strikes and rapidly changing trends in American entertainment.Hammarstrom interviewed a host of circus figures including North himself; hisformers, directors, and department heads who were involved with the circus whenNorth owned and operated it.