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Clowning through life, by Eddie Foy and Alvin F. Harlow.

by Foy, Eddie, 1856-1928.

July 29, 2013

Call Number: 812.092 F796

If Eddie Foy is remembered at all today it is for the film, The Seven Little Foys which was about Foy's late-in-life vaudeville act with his seven children and starred Bob Hope as Foy. However, the Seven Little Foys act was just a part of Foy's long career, which he chronicles in this wonderful autobiography, which he wrote with Alvin Harlow.In the book Foy gives us a great look into life in the second half of the 19th century and the pre-vaudeville days of saloons, medicine shows, camp shows and traveling minstrel companies. Early in life he witnessed the Draft... Read Full Review
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