Wednesday, November 23, 2016

#4 Aerialists


1 comments:

Roger Smith said...

Lillian Leitzel. The Ringlings made her their most revered star. A great word portrait of her comes from Fred Bradna's THE BIG TOP. He was Equestrian Director over there, and knew her story first-hand. In 2013, Dean Jensen gave us an exquisitely researched work on Leitzel, titled QUEEN OF THE AIR - A True Story of Love & Tragedy At The Circus. This one is a must-read for detailed history of both Leitzel and her great love, Alfredo Codona, and of the circus of their era.