The great Farini: the high-wire life of William Hunt
Biographies, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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Résumé
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 Niagara Falls in 1860. 1995.