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Four white horses and a brass band : true confessions from the world of medicine shows, pitchmen, chumps, suckers, fixers, and shills / by Violet McNeal.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Port Townsend, WA : Feral House, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: vi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1627310835
- 9781627310833
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 791.1 M169 | Available | 33111009544392 | ||||
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Adult Book
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Northport Library | NonFiction | 791.1 M169 | Available | 33111008980043 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Violet McNeal ran away from her family's rural Minnesota farm in the late 1880s and fell under the spell of conman and patent medicine 'doctor' Will Archimbauld, who hooked her on opium and promises of fame and fortune. Violet soon learned to become Princess Lotus Blossom, and was the best pitchman, nostrum seller, and conwoman to roam the west in a torch-lit wagon. Four White Horses and A Brass Band is her story of life on the road with the medicine show, and reveals the secrets of the conman's trade.
Includes bibliographical references.