Ebook {Epub PDF} Memoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel P. Mannix

Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a traveling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken by the author. An example of Classic Americana, this book offers a portrayal of a vanished world of working-class performance artists who earned a living by their unique bodies and imaginations/5().  · Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a traveling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken by the author. An example of Classic Americana, this book offers a portrayal of a vanished world of working-class performance artists who earned a living by their unique bodies and imaginations/5. Memoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel P. Mannix. from The book begins, “I probably never would have become America’s leading fire-eater if Flamo the Great hadn’t happened to explode that night ”. So begins this true story of life with a traveling carnival, peopled by amazing characters (the Human Ostrich, the Human Salamander, Jolly Daisy) who commit outrageous feats of wizardry.

Memoirs of a sword swallower by Daniel P. Mannix, , Brainiac Books edition, in English - New ed. Daniel P. Mannix: MEMOIRS OF A SWORD SWALLOWER The book begins, "I probably never would have become America's leading fire-eater if Flamo the Great hadn't happened to explode that night " So begins this true story . Memoirs of a Sword Swallower by Daniel P. Mannix. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, ,

Memoirs of a Sword Swallower book by Daniel P. Mannix. Buy a cheap copy of Memoirs of a Sword Swallower book by Daniel P. Mannix. Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a traveling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken Free shipping over $ Mannix, who had already graduated college and aspired to be a writer, joined the carnival after he saw Flamo, the sword swallower blow up. Mannix volunteered to learn the trade and after mastering the fire eating act, went on to learn sword swallowing, and later escapism and some mentalism. Includes 58 photos from Mannix's private archive. A sympathetic and funny account of life with a carnival by a young man who impulsively joined up with one, mastered the elements of fire-eating and sword-swallowing in record time, and then rose, Horatio Alger-like, into the rarified company of neon-bulb swallowers it's engrossing.