Hoaxes, Humbugs and Spectacles: Astonishing Photographs of Smelt Wrestlers, Human Projectiles, Giant Hailstones, Contortionists, Elephant Impersonators and Much, Much More!

by Mark Sloan

Strange, Startling, and Stupendous! Features more than 150 black-and-white photographs; a vintage collection of bizarre, unusual, and humorous pictures (dating from the 1840s to the 1950s) that explore the

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Photography

162 pages, Hardcover

First published November 14, 1990

Reviews

[Frederic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair enough collection of photos of unusual people and activities, but the quality of reproductions could be better, and the text is fairly minimal.

[patty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not that spectacular !