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“Whatever the hardships involved in being connected with it, this was the circus; and it was pure magic.”

Circus Doctor by J.Y. Henderson (as told to Richard Taplinger)

July 28, 2022 by GentleRain 1 Comment

CBR14Bingo: Elephant (there are a bunch of elephants in this book) Circus Doctor is, as its straight forward title suggests, an autobiography of a circus veterinarian. At the time he wrote this book, J.Y. Henderson had been working for Ringling for ten years, and from some cursory Googling it looks like he ended up working there for over forty. You can tell from the book how caring and passionate he is about caring for the vast variety of animals under his care, so it makes sense […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: animal training, autobiography, cbr14bingo, Circus, circus life, J.Y. Henderson (as told to Richard Taplinger), veterinarian

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: animal training, autobiography, cbr14bingo, Circus, circus life, J.Y. Henderson (as told to Richard Taplinger), veterinarian ·
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