The Risleys

The Risleys
Author: Floyd Risley
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781937720599

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe
Author: Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1611720095

Looks at Professor Risley's introduction of the Western-style circus to Japan in 1864 and his subsequent tours of the country with the Imperial Japanese Troupe of acrobats, an encounter that opened both cultures to one another.

The Road to Wildcat

The Road to Wildcat
Author: Eleanor De La Vergne Risley
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780817350932

Recounts the travels in North Alabama in the mid-1920s of Eleanor Risley (suffering from diabetes), her asthmatic husband, Pierre, and their dog, John. First published in segments in the Atlantic Monthly in 1928 and 1929, the travelogue is a colorful record of the culture, customs and dialect of the southern mountaineers of that era.

The Month

The Month
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 782
Release: 1901
Genre: Christianity
ISBN: