The Circus!
I checked out a visually interesting book from the library called ' Pictorial History of the American Circus.' It is full of lovely and romantic pictures of the circus. I didn't read any of the writing within the book so I don't know how interesting it is, but I think it is a basic, factual book. I checked it out for art inspiration. The book is by John and Alice Durant. My guess is that they are a husband and wife writing duo. They probably travel around together gathering information to compile for their next book project. They probably travel to small towns to scour flea markets for old pictures. Then they interview the towns oldest residents to ask about their memories of the circus (or whatever they are writing about). It sounds like a fun life!
