JAKE POSEY (AMERICAN, 1863-C.1960) TRAVELED WITH THE CIRCUS FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS IN HIS LIFETIME AND BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE A FORTY HORSE HITCHED WAGON. BEGINNING WITH VAN AMBURG CIRCUS IN 1880, HE TRAVELED WITH MOST OF THE BIG SHOWS INCLUDING BARNUM & BAILEY'S EUROPEAN TOUR OF 1898-1902 AND BUFFALO BILL'S SHOW FROM 1903-1907. INCLUDED IS POSEY'S BOOK TITLED, LAST OF THE 40-HORSE DRIVER, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1959. A PHOTOGRAPH OF POSEY, SERIES OF LETTERS TO RAY FIEGE FROM JAKE POSEY IN 1952 AND 1953 WITH DIALOGUE ABOUT CIRCUS THEN PRESENT AND PAST.

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