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Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks Hardcover - 2011

by Drew Friedman; Foreword by Penn Jillette


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Melvin Burkhart the Anatomical Wonder; Zip the Pinhead; Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins; Johnny Eck, the King of the Freaks; Koo Koo the Birdgirl; and 45 more fascinating sideshow freaks both famous and obscure are immortalized in Drew Friedman's delightful portraits. Before the politically correct impulses of the 1970s squelched the grand American tradition of the sideshow -- people born with abnormalities and others, like Jolly Jere the Fat Man, who created their oddity -- exhibited themselves to the shock and thrill of millions in sideshows nationwide. As a youth in the late 60s and early 70s, Drew Friedman often visited Coney Island with his family, and he and his brothers always insisted on seeing the Freak Show. Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks presents 50 of his favorite historic human oddities -- famous and obscure -- in mesmerizing full-color portraits. As in Warts and All, Old Jewish Comedians, and More Old Jewish Comedians, Drew Friedman once again meticulously, brilliantly, and affectionately brings to life people in the show business, this time focusing on America's oddest performers.

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  • Title Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks
  • Author Drew Friedman; Foreword by Penn Jillette
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blast Books, New York
  • Date 2011-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780922233366 / 0922233365
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 8.25 x 0.65 in (20.83 x 20.96 x 1.65 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Freak shows, Abnormalities, Human, in art
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010011163
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.569

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 02/15/2011, Page 108

About the author

Drew Friedman is the author of more than six books, including Old Jewish Comedians, More Old Jewish Comedians, The Fun Never Stops, and Private Lives of Public Figures. He is the recipient of the 2001 Reuben Award for newspaper illustration, and his portait of President Obama graced the cover of The New Yorker for Obama's inauguration, January 2009.
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