from dele2451

An interesting peek behind the curtains and into the practices of "The Greatest Show on Earth" and other traveling circuses/carnivals/roadshows of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. It is a shame the brothers did not get the opportunity to learn to write so they could have recorded more of their...

from loraineo

I enjoyed this book. A very descriptive true, sad story beginning with the kidnapping of 2 albino black boys,,Wilile and George Muse ,around 1899 in Truevine Virginia. The boys were displayed in the circus.as 'freaks', traveling the world. The story goes on to describe the years they were involve...

from dandelionroots

If the Muse brothers' story of black sideshow freaks throughout the reign of circus entertainment (turn of to mid 20th century) had been an example supporting a larger freakshow narrative, it would be intriguing. Interesting facts obnoxiously repeated with awkward/confusing transitions. The subti...

from akblanchard

Truevine is sort of like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, but with sideshow performers rather than cancer cells. Albino African American brothers George and Willie Muse were born in the Jim Crow South. Their unusual looks (pale white skin with African facial features and dreadlocks) attracte...

from msf59

On a sweltering day, in a tobacco field, in Truevine, Virginia, a pair of albino brothers are kidnapped and taken away from home. It is 1899. They were told that their mother had died. It will take twenty-eight years before their mother finds them again. In this true story, we learn what happened...