Author: Ann Anderson
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Publisher: McFarland Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0786422289
Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show
Long before television and radio commercials beckoned to potential buyers, the medicine show provided free entertainment and promised cures for everything from corns to cancer. Medical books Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones. Combining elements of the circus, theater, vaudeville, and good old-fashioned entrepreneurship, the showmen of the American medicine show sold tonics, ointments, pills, extracts and a host of other "wonder-cures," guaranteed to "cure what ails you." While the cures were seldom miraculous, the medicine show was an important part of American culture and of performance history. Harry Houdini, Buster Keaton, and P.T Medical books Snake Oil, Hustlers And Hambones: The American Medicine Show Ann Anderson. author ann anderson format paperback language english publication year 31 12 2004 subject the arts subject 2 other performing arts title snake oil hustlers and hambones the american medicine show author ann anderson publisher mcfarland co inc pub publication date dec 30 2004 pages 190 binding paperback dimensions 7 25 wx 10 25 hx 0 50 d isbn 0786422289 subject medical alternative medicine brand new paperback all orders get full access to our online status tracking service allowing you to view
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author ann anderson format paperback language english publication year 31 12 2004 subject the arts subject 2 other performing arts title snake oil hustlers and hambones the american medicine show author ann anderson publisher mcfarland co inc pub publication date dec 30 2004 pages 190 binding paperback dimensions 7 25 wx 10 25 hx 0 50 d isbn 0786422289 subject medical alternative medicine brand new paperback all orders get full access to our online status tracking service allowing you to view
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Medical Book Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones
Combining elements of the circus, theater, vaudeville, and good old-fashioned entrepreneurship, the showmen of the American medicine show sold tonics, ointments, pills, extracts and a host of other "wonder-cures," guaranteed to "cure what ails you." While the cures were seldom miraculous, the medicine show was an important part of American culture and of performance history. Harry Houdini, Buster Keaton, and P.T. Barnum all took a turn upon the medicine show stage.
This study of the medicine show phenomenon surveys nineteenth century popular entertainment and provides insight into the ways in which show business, advertising, and medicine manufacture developed in concert. The colorful world of the medicine show, with its Wild West shows, pie-eating contests, clowns, and menageries, is fully explored. Photographs of performers and of the fascinating handbills and posters used to promote the medicine show are included.
