Dan Rice's Great American Humorist Song Book
Title | Dan Rice's Great American Humorist Song Book PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1863 |
Genre | American songs |
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Dan Rice's Great American Humorist Song Book
Title | Dan Rice's Great American Humorist Song Book PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1866 |
Genre | Popular music |
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Dan Rices̕ Great American Song Book
Title | Dan Rices̕ Great American Song Book PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Rice |
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Pages | 32 |
Release | 1862* |
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The Annotated Dan Rice
Title | The Annotated Dan Rice PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Ballads, English |
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Dan Rice's Aspirational Project
Title | Dan Rice's Aspirational Project PDF eBook |
Author | David Carlyon |
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Pages | 406 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Circus |
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Dan Rice
Title | Dan Rice PDF eBook |
Author | David Carlyon |
Publisher | PublicAffairs |
Pages | 528 |
Release | 2004-05-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781586482398 |
Dan Rice had many lives. He was a pig presenter, a strongman, a lecturer, and a comic singer, all before joining the dazzling world of the circus. In 1855, he created Dan Rice's Great Show. Labeling himself the "Great American Humorist," he toured the country and spoke out on issues of the day before large crowds. Swept up in a new cult of celebrity, he rose to become one of the most famous—and infamous—men in America. He even ran for president. So why have so few people ever heard of Dan Rice? Propelled by an urge toward "refinement," American amusements began to stratify in the mid-19th century. The raucous antebellum jumble of performers, audiences, and forms split along a new performance hierarchy of high and low. Circus, though still vastly popular, became seen as lowbrow. In that changed world, Rice's aggressive humor and robust connection with a noisy, participatory audience became seen as crude—and worse—a civic threat. David Carlyon weaves a remarkably rich portrait of turbulent times that raised one ambitious, creative man to glorious heights and then, embarrassed by its enthusiasm, buried him in sentimentality and finally oblivion.
Dan Rice's Songs, Sentiments, Jests, and Stories
Title | Dan Rice's Songs, Sentiments, Jests, and Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | American wit and humor |
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