McClung, Robert M.

Old Bet and the Start of the American Circus / by Robert M.McClung and illustrated by Laura Kelly - New York : Morrow Junior Books 1993

Describes the performing career of the elephant Old Bet, whose travelling exhibition under the management of Hackaliah Bailey in the early nineteenth century gave rise to the tradition of the American circus.

ISBN: 0688106420

LCCN: 9211020

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Circus animals
Elephants