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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.
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Peacock, Shane.
Viking, 1995.
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921
H939p
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Hunt, William, 1838-1928.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
0670863203
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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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