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Peacock, Shane.
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Hunt, William, 1838-1928.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Canada -- Biography.
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Peacock, Shane.
Hunt, William, 1838-1928.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Canada -- Biography.
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The
great
Farini
: the
high-wire
life
of
William
Hunt
/ Shane Peacock.
by
Peacock, Shane.
Viking, 1995.
Call #:
921 H939p
Subjects
Hunt
,
William
, 1838-1928.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
0670863203
Description:
viii, 457 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports.
Summary:
Peacock relates the extraordinary
life
story of
William
Leonard
Hunt
, known as Signor
Farini
, who began his career as
high-wire
artist and circus daredevil in the backwoods of southern Ontario. Adventurer, writer, linguist, perhaps even spy, one of
Farini
's first
great
acts was a
high-wire
crossing of Niagra Falls in 1860.
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921 H939p
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