CHAD HANNA

by Walter D. Edmonds ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 5, 1939

From razorback to ringmaster -- in a grand circus story, set in the Erie Canal region of northern New York state, the district Edmonds knows better than anyone else writing today. Chad Hanna was only briefly a canal boy; he had the reputation of being a waster and a drifter; but he had a hand with horses, and he could be trusted, up to a point. A brief interlude of aiding a black man escape slave hunters provided his introduction to the hick traveling circus, and once part of it, the pull was too much for him, though he tried once to break away. It is a story of odd loyalties -- of the struggle, even back in those days, for small business to compete with big business -- of the incidents which provide entertainment, tragedy, or the turning point in a career. Good sawdust atmosphere, a period story of the mid-19th century -- and an interesting contrast to the English traveling circus yarn reported in the last issue, Luke's Circus by Ruth Manning-Sanders (also Little, Brown-January 17th publication).

Pub Date: April 5, 1939

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1939

Categories: FICTION