Gargantua; Circus Star of the Century
Plowden, Gene
Miami, Florida: E A Seemann, 1972
Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket - reverse side of jacket has age toning. Now in a new clear Mylar sleeve. 4to; 10.25 inches tall. 96 pages; b/w photos and colored pages of posters, index
Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
The name of Gargantua was a household word throughout this country, and his picture was spread around the world. Millions stood in line through rain, wind, cold, and heat to pay admission to see this ugliest (if not largest or fiercest) member of the ape family ever seen outside the jungles of Africa. And after twelve years of stardom, major wire services flashed the news of his death around the world.
Gene Plowden tells us how the young, terribly mutilated gorilla was nursed to health and domesticated by a remarkable woman; how the maturing animal helped the Ringling North brothers revive their troubled enterprise; how the carefully contrived stories of the beast's strength and ferocity created a living legend, making news copy wherever the show went.
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