Roman Spectacle on the Rio Grande: Borderland Animal Fights at the Turn of the Century

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Bradley Folsom

Roman Spectacle on the Rio Grande

Borderland Animal Fights at the Turn of the Century

Bradley Folsom

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History Press
05 February 2024

Animal spectacles; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Local history; Equestrian & animal sports

How the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome appeared on the Texas frontier. From 1895 to 1913, promoters on the Texas-Mexico border imported a variety of large mammals from around the world to pit them against one another in interspecies combat. Lions fought bears, an elephant took on a bull, and one promoter released a tiger, a bull, and a bear into the same cage at the same time. Human combatants occasionally entered the fray, from a rodeo pioneer who squared off against an elk to a bullfighter who took on a buffalo. Vaudeville showmen supplied livestock, sensationalistic newspapers drove ticket sales, and Progressive Era animal rights groups lobbied to shut down the spectacle. Bradley Folsom gives an account of the epic border battles, both in and out of the cage, which tell the story of a time when Texas was a rising economic power and Mexico verged on revolution.

By: Bradley Folsom
Imprint: History Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781467155335
ISBN 10: 1467155330
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 05 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bradley Folsom is an award-winning author and history professor who specializes in the Texas-Mexico borderlands. He enjoys true crime and solving historical mysteries.