Language
English
Audio disc
Summary
A young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confines of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures to call her own, Mable steps away from all she knows to the Chicago World's Fair. There, a chance encounter triggers her destiny; a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling. Lady Rosamund Easling of Yorkshire, England, boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her life is planned out for her. There, the twenties are roaring, and the rich and famous gather at opulent. The golden era of the American circus, whose queen is none other than the enigmatic Mable Ringling. When Rosamund's path crosses with Mable's and the Ringlings' glittering world, she makes the life-altering decision to leave behind a comfortable future of estates and propriety, instead choosing the nomadic life of a trick rider in the Ringling Brothers' circus.
Electronic Access
View Other Search Results
Language
English
Books
Summary
Rosamund Easling is no stranger to opulence. As the daughter of an earl, she's grown up with every comfort money can buy. But when hard times befall the family's Yorkshire estate in the aftermath of the Great War, Rosamund's father sells her beloved horse, setting the stage for a series of events that would extend beyond even her wildest dreams. Though expected to marry for a title instead of love, Rosamund feels called to a different life -- one of adventure outside the confines of a ladies' parlor. She abandons all she's known and follows in pursuit as her horse is shipped to the new owner -- an American entertainer by the name of John Ringling. Once introduced to the Ringling Brothers' circus and knowing she has much to learn, Rosamund agrees to a bareback riding apprenticeship in the shadow of the Ringlings' winter home -- Cà d'Zan. It is at that mansion, in what would become the last days of the enigmatic Mable Ringling's life, that Rosamund finds a deeper sense of purpose in the
Language
English
Books
Summary
An ounce of courage. A split-second leap of faith. Together, they propel two young women to chase a new life--one that's reimagined from what they might have become. In turn-of-the-century America, a young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confines of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures to call her own, Mable steps away from all she knows, seeking the limitless marvels of the Chicago World's Fair. There, a chance encounter triggers her destiny--a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling. A quarter of a century later, Lady Rosamund Easling of Yorkshire, England, boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her life is planned out for her. There, the twenties are roaring, and the rich and famous gather at opulent, Gatsby-esque parties in the grandest ballrooms the country has to offer. The Jazz Age has arrived, and with it, the golden era of the American circus, whose queen is none other than the
Electronic Access
Language
English
Audio disc
Summary
A young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confines of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures to call her own, Mable steps away from all she knows to the Chicago World's Fair. There, a chance encounter triggers her destiny; a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling. Lady Rosamund Easling of Yorkshire, England, boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her life is planned out for her. There, the twenties are roaring, and the rich and famous gather at opulent. The golden era of the American circus, whose queen is none other than the enigmatic Mable Ringling. When Rosamund's path crosses with Mable's and the Ringlings' glittering world, she makes the life-altering decision to leave behind a comfortable future of estates and propriety, instead choosing the nomadic life of a trick rider in the Ringling Brothers' circus.
Limit Search Results