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James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847 – April 11, 1906), born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American owner and manager of several 19th-century circuses, including The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Early life James Anthony McGinnis was born July 4, 1847 to Edward and Hannora McGinnis in Detroit, Michigan. Edward McGinnis died in October, 1849 of cholera and in 1855, James was orphaned when his mother died. James then went to live with his older sister, Catherine Gordon. Life with Catherine was difficult as she tended to be overbearing and harsh. Sometime between 1859 and 1860, James ran away from Catherine's home and found a job and a place to stay on a farm about 10 miles outside the city of Pontiac, Michigan. Finding life on the farm unrewarding, 13-year old James wandered into Pontiac where he found work at the Hodges House Hotel. After working at the hotel for a time, he was discovered by Colonel Frederic Harrison Bailey, a nephew of circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey, and an advance man for John Robinson and Bill Lake's traveling circus. F.H. Bailey gave McGinnis a job as his assistant, and the two traveled together for many years. McGinnis eventually adopted F.H. Bailey's surname to become James A. Bailey. Circus life In his diary, James' brother-in-law Joe McCaddon writes that Bailey recounted stories of how he left the circus world at age 16 and went to work as clerk to a sutler during the Civil War. In 1866, with the war over, he went back to work for Bill Lake, who now owned his own circus with his wife Agnes Lake Thatcher. During this time, James met Ruth Louisa McCaddon of Zanesville, Ohio. James and Ruth became friends, fell in love, and were married in December 1868. The very next year in Granby, Missouri, Bill Lake was shot and killed. With her husband dead, Agnes Lake became the first woman in the United States to own a circus (Agnes Lake would later marry famous gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, who worked for a short time with Buffalo Bill Cody, whose Wild West Show James A. Bailey would one day manage). https://cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-of-the-west-agnes-lake-thatcher/ Bailey later associated with James E. Cooper, and by the time he was 22, he was manager of the Cooper and Bailey circus. He then met with P.T. Barnum, and together they established Barnum and Bailey's Circus (for which Bailey was instrumental in obtaining Jumbo the Elephant) in 1880, with their combined show opening the following spring in Madison Square Garden. Barnum was the face of the circus, but James Bailey was the hard worker who insisted on staying behind the scenes. Barnum once wrote to him that James managed the show “ten times better than I could.” Equestrienne Josie Demott Robinson wrote in her autobiography that, “Mr. Barnum was the advertiser, who loved the limelight, who rode around in the ring, and announced who he was. But Mr. Bailey was the businessman, content to be invisible...and interested only in the success of the show.” Bailey was considered by many to be a genius at logistics. His organizational skills for transporting people, animals, and equipment was copied by the military of more than one country. He hired Pinkerton Detectives to travel with the show and protect circusgoers from grifters and thieves. He established “Orphan Day”, one day a year when orphans could attend the circus for free. He was often known to carry children who couldn't walk into the circus tent and find them a seat away from the crush of the crowd. Following Barnum's death in 1891, Bailey managed not only The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, but in 1894, took on the management of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Death and legacy Bailey died of erysipelas in 1906 at age 58 at his home in Mount Vernon, NY. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City. His widow subsequently sold the circus to the Ringling brothers in 1907, who eventually merged the rival operations in 1919. In his book about the circus, Earl Chapin May wrote, “Probably...no circus owner and manager left more sincere mourners than the thin little magnate known to millions as James A. Bailey.” Taped beneath a photo of James Bailey in the scrapbook of employee Harrison Gunning is a small scrap of paper that reads, “P.T. Barnum was the great showman, but Mr. Bailey was the supreme of all circus managers, past and present.” James A. Bailey was inducted into the International Circus Hall of Fame in 1960 and into the Circus Ring of Fame in Sarasota, Florida in 1990. References External links American Experience: The Circus: The Life and Times of James Bailey, Part 1 American Experience: The Circus: The Life and Times of James Bailey, Part 2 American Experience: The Circus: The Life and Times of James Bailey, Part 3 James Anthony Bailey at Find a Grave The Affairs of James A. Bailey by Richard E Conover. Discover the James Bailey popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Bailey books.
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Witch upon a Star
Angela M. SandersSet in smalltown Oregon, the latest in the witty, charming Witch Way Librarian series from Amazon bestselling and acclaimed author Angela M. Sanders features a spellbinding heroine...
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Self Schooling the Book
James Bailey“We have a generation that is growing up for whom the traditional goals of going to the moon, of flying to faraway stars, don’t exist anymore. That’s not what excites them. What ex...
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Frederick Douglass
David W. BlightWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in History“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, t...
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Seven-Year Witch
Angela M. SandersFinding your feet in a new job isn’t always easy. That goes double for Josie Way, who’s settling in as Wilfred, Oregon’s, new librarianand has just discovered she’s a witch. But wi...
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Philip James Bailey, Festus
Philip James BaileyFirst scholarly edition of Philip James Bailey's epic masterpiece in a readable, modern volume.
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Matter Claim James D. Bailey
Supreme Court of New YorkAppeal by claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board holding that claimant was not totally unemployed within the meaning of section 522 of the Labor Law an...
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Data Stories
James BaileyData Stories is a gentle introduction to Data Science in eleven lessons grouped into seven units. To do the lessons, you will need the Data Stories Companion App. Unit One: M...
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Witch and Famous
Angela M. SandersFor a tiny town, picturesque Wilfred, Oregon, has everything, including an impressive library housed in a Victorian mansion, a touch of magic in new librarian and fledgling witch, ...
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Economy Gastronomy
Allegra McEvedy & Paul MerrettLearn how to eat better and spend less with deliciously easy recipes 'Delicious, thrifty, inspiring' GUARDIAN Featuring over 100 mouthwatering recipes and practical tips, Economy G...
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James P. Bailey v. James Rogers and Russell Keyser
Third District, Austin Court of Appeals of TexasAppellant has been before us once before in Bailey v. Tuck, 591 S.W.2d 605 (Tex.Civ.App.1979, writ refd n. r. e.), in which he sought a partnership dissolution, a final accounting,...
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James Mcneill Bailey v. State Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals of TexasAt 1:45 P.M. on February 11, 1974, Shirley Seiber, the deceaseds neighbor, arrived home for an appointment with the deceased, Imogene Apple. At that time Mrs. Seiber saw the deceas...
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Keto Diet For Beginnings Meal Prep Edition
James BaileyOn the ketogenic diet, a little preparation and prepping goes a long way toward success. With tips, lists, and instructions for planning your meals ahead of time, Keto Meal Prep wi...
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DrillGamez
James BaileyThe history of Chicago's street gangs, so I researched news articles, books, forum posts, interviewed old students and people from Chicago communities, and researched old social se...
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Keto Diet For Beginnings
James BaileyThe ketogenic diet is a lowcarb, highfat diet that follows the Atkins and lowcarb diets in many ways. It entails dramatically lowering carbohydrate consumption and substituting fat...
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The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
G. K. ChestertonThe colossus of crime leaned over to the little rustic priest with a sort of sudden interest.'You have heard of it?' he asked. 'Where have you heard of it?''Well, I mustn't tell yo...
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Battle for the Big Top
Les Standiford“Les Standiford takes us under the big top and behind the curtain in this richly researched and thoroughly engaging narrative that captures all of the entrepreneurial intrigue and ...
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The Fast Five
Donna HayDonna Hay, Australia's most trusted and bestselling cookbook author, returns with a book that you'll want to cook and eat from time and time again the ultimate bible of fast, deli...
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All Puns Blazing
Geoff RoweI don't like to brag but I can control a kayak brilliantly. Canoe?'Pardon' is the only French word that I know. I can only apologise.From Geoff Rowe and the Leicester Comedy Festiv...
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State Missouri v. James Leroy Bailey
Eastern District, Division Three Missouri Court of AppealsSIMON, J. Defendant, James Leroy Bailey, appeals his sentence pursuant to a jury verdict of the Circuit Court of St. Charles County finding him guilty of burglary in the first degr...
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Cemetery Lake
Paul CleaveA heartthumping, noholdsbarred murdermystery that keeps you guessing until the very last page. Some secrets won't stay buried . . . A standard exhumation becomes anything but f...
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The Old Bailey
Theresa MurphyThis is the story of an arena of crime and degradation, of infamy and human suffering. It is the history of the Old Bailey, an institution as flawed as all manmade attempts at just...
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Collateral Damage
Mark ShawIf there had been no coverup of Robert Kennedy’s complicity in the murder of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and he had been prosecuted based on compelling evidence at the time, the assassi...
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Willie D. Bailey and Annie Bailey v. James
Supreme Court of AlabamaALMON, JUSTICE. This appeal is from a coemployee action regarding failure to install a safety guard. Willie and Annie Bailey brought an action against Hooper Concrete, I...
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Great Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology
George MacBeathGenerations of practical and ingenious Maritimers have given the word great things. Since the midnineteenth century, scientists have fanned out into the world from colleges and uni...
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Gone with the Witch
Angela M. SandersSet in smalltown Oregon, the latest in the witty, charming Witch Way Librarian series from acclaimed author bestselling Amazon Angela M. Sanders features a spellbinding heroine, a ...
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INVENTING WORLD 3.0
Matthew James Bailey & Maria Mac AndrewInventing World 3.0 is a thrilling guide on how humankind can advance beyond the limitations it faces today. To be successful, a revolutionary approach to artificial intelligence i...
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James Bailey v. Unemployment Compensation
At Knoxville Supreme Court Of TennesseeJames Bailey petitions this Court for review of an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) order declaring him ineligible for benefits pursuant to Section 402(b) of the U...
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James A. Bailey
Gloria G. AdamsAlthough history has swept James Anthony Bailey into the iconic shadow of P. T. Barnum, Bailey was the hardworking manager and the driving force behind The Greatest Show on Earth. ...
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The Heart Healers
James Forrester, M.D.At one time, heart disease was a death sentence. In The Heart Healers, world renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. James Forrester tells the story of the mavericks and rebels who defied the...
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Transplant
Bailey JamesIn this gripping, fastpaced thriller, Dr. Robert “Doc” Lamb, trauma surgeon, former Army Special Forces Intelligence officer and CIA covert operative, swore he would never go back ...