Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business (1907-1958) (Excelsior Editions)

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Synopsis
Gold Winner for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Performing Arts & Music Category"Sharkey is the natural artist, performing his magic for nothing but love." — Wolcott Gibbs, the New YorkerSharkey tells the compelling story of an unusually gifted, trained sea lion who shared the stage with practically every important performer of the first half of the twentieth century—from Bob Hope to Ella Fitzgerald, from Broadway to Hollywood and beyond. Readers follow Sharkey and his flippered colleagues as they travel the world with stops at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, vaudeville houses, Manhattan during the Harlem Renaissance, burlesque nightclubs, movie palaces, Radio City Music Hall, and the legendary studios of early radio, movies, and television, meeting a who's who of showbiz entertainers, sports superstars, and even a US president. Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated, Sharkey is a quirky slice of New York and entertainment history sure to delight fans of vintage pop culture and Americana, as well as animal lovers.
Copyright:
2022

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781438487137
Related ISBNs:
9781438487120
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
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Copyrighted By:
Gary Bohan Jr.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater
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Bookshare Staff
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