BOOK REVIEW -- Reviewer's Bookwatch, March 2024/Margaret Lane's Bookshelf: "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning"


BOOK REVIEW - Reviewer's Bookwatch, March 2024/Margaret Lane's  Bookshelf:
Critique:  
Presented in a chronological history from 1854 to 1917, "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" is laid out in meticulous detail and will have an immense and enduring appeal to readers with an interest in the history of the American Circus and it's animal acts. Especially recommended for community and college/university collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" is also available for personal reading lists in a paperback edition (9798887710327, $28.00) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.95).

Editorial Note
: Peggy Adler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Adler) has illustrated two dozen titles for various trade book publishers and provided art for the Bronx Zoo; the Humane Society of the United States; the Journal of Theoretical Biology; the Journal of Algebra; and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She is also a Marquis Who's Who Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement honoree; a 2001 recipient of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers' General Richard G. Stilwell Award.; and is a former police commissioner and softball coach, who currently chairs the Town of Clinton, Connecticut's Historic District Commission.

--  Margaret Lane, Reviewer

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