Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a travelling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken by the author. Mannix went on to become the supreme noir historian of the 20th century, writing "Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others", "Those About To Die" (about the Roman games in the Colosseum), a biography of Aleister Crowley called "The Beast", "The Hellfire Club" (about a secret upper-class British society), and many more. $15.99 list.