FREAKS, GEEKS & STRANGE GIRLS: SIDESHOW BANNERS FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN MIDWAY

"...[A] lost epoch has been beautifully remembered through sideshow banners--an era before social deviance had replaced physical deformity in the pantheon of casual prurience....this exquisitely produced collection confirms that banner painting--with its fiery colors and high drama--is a folk art built largely on a bedrock of brilliant false advertising.Randy, Jim Secreto & Teddy Varndell Johnson is the author of 'FREAKS, GEEKS & STRANGE GIRLS: SIDESHOW BANNERS FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN MIDWAY' with ISBN 9780945367154 and ISBN 0945367155.