{"product_id":"9780991173112","title":"Detour On An Elephant: A Year Dancing with The Greatest Show on Earth","description":"What was it like to travel on tour with a circus in the late seventies? Detour On An Elephant is the memoir of a ballet dancer, Barbara File Marangon, who traded her pointe shoes to ride an elephant with the Greatest Show On Earth for a year. Taking a detour from the world of ballet to the circus, she recounts her experiences performing in hundreds of shows, in twenty-four cities coast to coast, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum \u0026amp; Bailey Blue Unit Show in 1978. Named Ringling's China Doll by a New York newspaper, she compares dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House to dancing at Madison Square Garden. Among her adventures she describes how Kevin, the lion that rode a motorcycle with his trainer, tried to break into the shower room while she showered. A stampeding elephant in Chicago is another memory. Then there is her love story on tour with a bareback rider. But most of all she remembers her love for Peggy, the elephant she rode all over the U.S.","brand":"Ogham Books International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010252685552,"sku":"9780991173112","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780991173112_p0.jpg?v=1763897089","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991173112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}