The great circus train wreck of 1918 : tragedy on the Indiana lakeshore /
In the pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer drifted to sleep as the train chugged toward Hammond, Indiana, where it plowed into the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. More than two hundred circus performers were injured and eighty-six were killed. Lytle recounts the details of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, S.C. :
History Press,
2010.
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| Summary: | In the pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer drifted to sleep as the train chugged toward Hammond, Indiana, where it plowed into the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. More than two hundred circus performers were injured and eighty-six were killed. Lytle recounts the details of this tragedy and its role in the demise of a unique entertainment industry. |
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| Physical Description: | 109 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781596299313 1596299312 |