Old Bet and the start of the American circus

By Robert M. McClung

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Circus animals, Circus, history, Elephants, juvenile literature, Old Bet (Elephant), Elephants, Circus, juvenile literature, History, Circus

Description: Describes the performing career of the elephant Old Bet, whose traveling exhibition under the management of Hackaliah Bailey in the early nineteenth century gave rise to the tradition of the American circus.