Edition |
First Edition. |
Description |
viii, 369 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Content type |
text txt rdacontent |
Format |
volume nc rdacarrier |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
The 200-pound baby -- The Elephant -- Barnum -- The Elephantine Expedition -- Ugly -- The War between the States, the Battle of the Dwarfs -- 4-Paw -- The fire, the plowing elephant, the panic, and the "dusky attendant" -- Crooked tale, crooked tail -- The continued magic of kindness and the first beauty contest -- The Wizard -- The White Elephant War -- Eph's escape, pickpockets, and pink lemonade -- The Tree of Knowledge and the Fearless Frogman -- Another war begins -- The executioner's experiments -- The Chair -- Westinghoused -- Reading your own obituary -- The great name vanishes -- Topsy somersaults, gold dust and Duncan get a home -- The Wizard's latest marvel and so many elephants -- Sid Sorrows, Topsy traipses -- Topsy and the tormentor -- From Lady Moody to the billion-dollar smile -- "Here I am! Here I am! Where are you?" -- The big swim. |
Summary |
Describes how a circus elephant named Topsy was electrocuted in 1903 with 6,600 volts of alternating current as proof that it was much more dangerous than direct current in an ongoing dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. |
Subject |
Topsy (Elephant)
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Elephants.
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Circus animals.
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Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
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Circus owners -- United States -- Biography.
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Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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Circus -- United States -- History.
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Electrocution -- Experiments.
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ISBN |
9780802119049 hardcover |
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0802119042 hardcover |
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