PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Donna Lee Dicksson was born with insatiable curiosity and a compulsive need to share. While researching her first book, Mattie Lee Price, the Forgotten Georgia Wonder, she stumbled across two intriguing historical circus characters. Pulling on that little red thread of lost history, she found a world of resilient and fascinating people and a story that needed to be told. Thus began the quest to uncover and tell the story of Anna Matchett and Alasco Charles White.She lives in Texas with her husband and two African Grey parrots. She is the mother of two grown children, has three granddaughters and one great granddaughter. When not researching and writing, Donna is an avid photographer, gardener, and homemaker. Training her own birds and dogs has helped her build great relationships with her pets. She is a volunteer photographer for a service dog organization.At eight I wanted to be a clown. My teachers and parents were concerned and asked why. My answer: People take themselves too seriously. They need to laugh more. *20% of royalties will be donated to 501C3 organizations that care for retired circus animals.
A compelling read into early circus life along with the growth of a couple's love and other varied relationships amongst the pioneers of the traveling circus business in North America. -A.W. Stencell, Past President Circus Historical Society Donna Lee Dicksson takes on the challenge of telling the lives of Charles and Anna White, who in the 1870s travelled with P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth. Pet Lions & Well-Dressed Elephants gives a unique view into the life and times... -John Polacsek, Past President, Circus Historical Society
