Jumbio

Jumbo

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Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Jude Castillo
, Sandra Furlotte
, Sarah Schwartz
, Patricia Johnson
, Linda Leitch
, Marilyn Stanley
, Rhona Brinkman
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Deana Bueley
, Deb Philippon
, Reem Ka
, Barry Kazimer
, Lisa Ostrowski
, Mary Therrien
, Agnes Marshall
, Melissa Poremba
, Vanessa Seto
, Natasa Ilic
, Andrea Gillespie
, Heather Norris
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Joshua Lewis
, Noelle Walsh
, Elaine Baptie
, Marjorie Roy
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Haley Spencer
, Andrea Pole
, Tyra Antle
, Alex Henderson
, Christy Verveer
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Catherine Westerberg
, Sandra Perry
, Andrew Taylor
, Rose Ghaedi
, Georgia Aliphtiras
, Jennifer Beyak
, Anne Range
, Diana Richardson
, Kim Cappellina
, Yolanda Ridge
, Jane Graham
, Melinda Poth
, Deanna Carney
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Heather Belliveau
, Marla Schecter Howard
, M M English
, Dana Francoeur
, Nancy Reid
, diana kirkwood
, Judith Pearson
, Penelope Penner
, Patricia McKeown
, Karen Nordrum
, Cathy Wylie
, Prabh Toor
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Paula Ritchie
, Huguette Lemieux
, Heather O'Connor
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Randi Ann Doll
, Karen Kendrick
, Maureen Brownlee
, Rhona Brinkman
, Lisa Mallia
, Thelma Ball
, MCINNIS Stephanie
, Sarah Butland
, Sara Erskine
, Robert Hykawy
, Mary Lester
, Denise Duvall
, Mary Danieli
, Christine Lion
, Laura Peters
, Janice Cournoyer
, Pam Keetch
, Mary Ellen Havlik
, Rachel Edmonds
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Dale Tomlinson
, Amanda Schempp
, Anne Carruthers
, Benita Hartwell
, Anna Krentz
, Claudie Léveillé
, Susan Baues
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Claire Gear
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Alice Meems
, CAROLINA FAMILIA
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Hoda Montazeri
, Janet Miller
, Leila Grobel
, Laura Patterson
, Tanya Korigan
, Amie Gaudet
, Rachael Preston
, Ashley Hisson
, Rhonda Struthers
, Lynn Andrews
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Katherine Krige
, Charles Leblanc
, Lynn Bechtel
, Donald Forsythe
, Ken Gilmour
, Pamela Bruce
, Christa Seeley
, Sara Conway
, Beth Dekoker
, Catherine Desaulniers

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06/11/2023

03/12/2023

Yes

Claire Gear
, Ashley Hisson
, Pam Keetch

There was, perhaps, no living creature more famous in the nineteenth century than Jumbo the elephant. Born in 1860 and taken from the wilds between Sudan and Eritrea at the age of two, he was sold to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and then to the London Zoological Gardens, before becoming the prized possession of notorious American showman P. T. Barnum. "Jumbomania" swept England, embroiled the Houses of Parliament, erupted into open warfare in the British and American press, and monopolized popular kitsch and culture. By the time Jumbo sailed into New York City in 1882, thousands scrambled for a chance to see "The Sun of the Amusement World."

In this magnificent feat of historical fiction, Jumbo's story is told by Little Eyes Nell Kelly, The World's Smallest Singing, Dancing, Horse-riding Woman and Barnum's star attraction. Initially jealous of her gargantuan new co-star, Nell keeps a close eye on Jumbo and his reclusive and dedicated trainer, Matthew Scott. But Nell soon realizes that she and Jumbo are simply two caged creatures in a circus full — and Jumbo's confinement is slowly killing him. As The Greatest Show on Earth criss-crosses North America, Nell must brave greedy circus showmen, backstabbing trapeze artists, and the relentless pursuit of the cruel animal trainer, Elephant Bill, to keep the curtain from closing on her career — and her very life.