Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show by Ann Anderson

Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show

Ann Anderson

190 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history music reference informative slow-paced
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Long before television and radio commercials beckoned to potential buyers, the medicine show provided free entertainment and promised cures for everything from corns to cancer. Combining elements of the circus, theater, vaudeville, and good old-fa...

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