![]() Advertising in newspapers, they attracted audiences with the hook of appearing "for a short time only." In this richly illustrated and deeply researched book, Peter Benes examines the rise of early American popular culture through the lives and work of itinerants who circulated in British North America and the United States from the late seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. These show people-acrobats, wire dancers, tumblers, trick riders, painters, dancing-masters, waxworks proprietors, healers, and singing and language teachers-brought novelty and culture to remote areas. īy the 1740s, colonists living in North America began to encounter scores of itinerant performers from England and Europe. Advertising in newspapers, they attracted audiences with the hook of appearing "for a short time only." In this richly illustrated and deeply researched book, Peter Benes examines the rise of early. ![]() ![]() By the 1740s, colonists living in North America began to encounter scores of itinerant performers from England and Europe. ![]()
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