Circus Parade

""Circus Parade"" is a novel written by Jim Tully. The book is set in the early 1900s and follows the story of a young boy named Roy who runs away from home to join a traveling circus. Roy is fascinated by the exotic animals, daring performers, and the freedom of the circus lifestyle. As he becomes more involved in the circus world, he begins to see the darker side of the industry, including animal abuse and exploitation. Throughout the book, Roy struggles to reconcile his love for the circus with his growing awareness of its flaws. ""Circus Parade"" is a poignant coming-of-age story that explores themes of identity, morality, and the pursuit of one's dreams.1927. Tully, novelist, journalist, lecturer, Hollywood columnist of the 1920s and 30s, road kid, chainmaker, boxer, circus handyman, tree surgeon; an inheritor of the tradition of the literary wanderer, and father of another, the school of hard-boiled writing. A quote in the beginning of the book by George Jean Nathan reads, If there is a writer in America today who can lay hold of mean people and mean lives and tear their mean hearts out with more appalling realism, his work is unknown to me. One of his autobiographical works, Circus Parade is a series of his none too happy and often ironical incidents with a circus.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.