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Gruen, Sara.

Water for elephants - London : Two Roads, 2011. - 418, 11 pages ; 22 cm

Orphaned, penniless, Jacob Jankowski jumps a freight train in the dark, and in that instant, transforms his future. By morning, he's landed a job with the Flying Squadron of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he's in love. In an America made colourless by prohibition and the Depression, the circus is a refuge of sequins and sensuality. But behind the glamour lies a darker world, where both animals and men are dispensable. Where falling in love is the most dangerous act of all ...

ISBN: 9781444715989

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB0E2812 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015706592 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1919-1933

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Circus--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Depressions--United States--1929--Fiction.
Cirque--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Crises �economiques--�Etats-Unis--1929--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Circus--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Depressions--United States--1929.--Fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Circus.
Depressions.
Orphans.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--1919-1933--Fiction.
�Etats-Unis--Histoire--1919-1933--Romans, nouvelles, etc.
United States--History.--1919-1933.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction.
History.

LC Class. No.: PS3607 / .R696