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• State Fair

  Fowler, Earlene

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  "Folk art museum curator, rancher, and sometime sleuth Benni Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair-a place for caramel apples and 4-H calves, colorful quilts and homemade jams, and maybe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• State Fair

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  "State fair: a story of love and adventure, unfolding during the Iowa State Fair."

• The Missouri State Fair

  Images of a Midwestern Tradition

  Gaskell, Richard

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  "For more than a century, state fairs have been one of the few places where farm families gather in large numbers to proudly display their animals, to celebrate familiar rituals, to be entertained or horrified by freak shows and circus performers,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Show Me the Fair

  a History of the Missouri State Fair

  Chalfant, Rhonda

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• American Oz

  An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals

  Comerford, Michael Sean,

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  "American Oz is a rollicking, gritty, adventurous story of life in the secretive subculture of traveling carnivals."

• Sowed to Death

  Cochran, Peg,

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  "The county fair is the highlight of the year for the small town of Lovett, Michigan--especially for food-and-lifestyle blogger Shelby McDonald, who writes as the Farmer's Daughter."

• Well Met

  DeLuca, Jen,

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  "Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Well Played

  DeLuca, Jen,

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  "Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story."

• Wicked Stitch

  Lee, Amanda, 1967-

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  "For most small-business owners in Tallulah Falls, the upcoming Renaissance Faire is a wonderful way to promote their specialty shops. For Marcy's nemesis, Nellie, and her sister Clara, it's an opportunity to finally put Marcy and her shop, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Another Love Song

  Winfrey, Kerry,

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  "Two high school sweethearts get a second chance at their perfect ending in this charming new romance by Kerry Winfrey, author of Very Sincerely Yours."

• 100 Years of the Los Angeles County Fair, 25 Years of Stories

  Allen, David

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  "100 Years of the Los Angeles County Fair, 25 Years of Stories contains virtually everything David Allen has penned about the fair from 1998 to 2021."

• Loudoun County Fair

  Stephanie Briley Fidler

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  "Dating back to 1936, the Loudoun County Fair has been a place for the community to celebrate the agriculture of the area."

• Opening Day at the County Fair

  Snyder, J. M.

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  "Jesse's a freeloader according to his father, a man he'll never please. Working on the farm is hard work and getting ready for the county fair a welcome respite from the daily grind. There he meets Davis."

• Ripley's Believe It or Not! Presents

  Sideshow and Other Carnival Curiosities

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  "From displays of the human form--both beautiful and grotesque--to tricks of illusion, and wonders from the far-off world, the sideshow has captivated audiences since its popularity arose in the Victorian Era."

• Bacchanal

  Henry, Veronica,

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  "Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival's newest act, a peculiar young woman with latent magical powers, may hold the key to defeating it."

• The Strange Case of Dr. Couney

  How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies

  Raffel, Dawn

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  ""The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies-by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City."