Showmen: The Voice of Travelling Fair People

by Sally Festing

For over 800 years, showpeople have brought their rides and stalls to towns and villages across the travelling fairs are as much part of England's cultural history as steam trains and cricket on the village green. Showmen brings the scene up to date with a book that explores the place in modern Britain of a close-knit 17,000 strong band battling to combine tradition with novelty.

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2012