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Rasputin and Tigers A Russian Circus Survivor’s Tale
In a memoir style reminiscence the narrator recalls fleeing Bolshevik danger and joining a European circus. She describes perilous tiger acts, early struggles to find work, and the lure of America while reflecting on family tragedy and personal risk. The piece emphasizes endurance through decades of upheaval and the awe of circus spectacle.
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America
Rasputin
Czar and
Czarina
St. Petersburg
Gregori Rasputin
Busch
Berlin
United States
Cooke