This story is quite the spectacle. How can a tale about a family who shoots themselves out of cannons not be? Told methodically, it is a solid account of circus life through the generations.
David Sr. asked his son to come to Madison to fill in for him. David Jr. didn’t hesitate: He packed up his things and drove halfway across the country. Two days later, he was at the business end of a cannon.
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