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His "Big Top” is the World of insects, 
animals and all living things 
ANT HILL 
ODYSSEY 
By WILLIAM M. MANN 
Director of the National Zoo, Washington, D. C. 
Technical advisor to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus and 
an ardent circus fan all his life (he got a job with Ringling’s as "animal 
man” when he was still in his ’teens), he tells here the story of his life so 
far — a career as cram-jam-full of excitement and thrills as any three- 
ring show on earth. 
He has collected bugs, butterflies and small animals ever since he was four 
years old. His search for them has taken him to Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, 
Arabia, Egypt, the Fiji Islands— all over the world. Everywhere he went 
he had amazing and amusing adventures. 
He tells about his early life, his circus experiences, his trips to the far 
corners of the globe, in chapters that are packed with humor, excitement, 
amazing information about strange beasts and stranger men, and colorful 
descriptions of out-of-the-way places. 
So step up, ladies and gentlemen, and see the Biggest Natural History 
Show on Earth ever pinned down between the covers of a book! 
With Maps and Photographs $3.50 ❖ at all bookstores 
An Atlantic Monthly Press Book 
LITTLE, BROWN Cr COMPANY . BOSTON 
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ANT HILL ODYSSEY, by William Mann, 
Atlantic Monthly Press, 3 3 8 pages, price $3.50. 
Announcement of another book by the tal- 
ented Chairman of the James E. Cooper Top 
is always welcomed by members of the Circus 
Fans Association. 
In "Ant Hill Odyssey” Bill Mann has writ¬ 
ten a book which for sheer delight is not to 
be surpassed. Its popularity is already evident 
by heavy sales but to the Circus Fans it has 
an added interest; one feels that he is walk¬ 
ing around the world in intimate association 
with a real fellow who delights in travel in 
odd places and writes interestingly of his ex¬ 
periences. It is the sort of book to keep with 
you; its stories of Haiti, of South America, 
and of far-flug islands are the kind that ap¬ 
peal to the circus minded individual who 
loves the life because it has in it the spirit 
of movement. 
It was a privilege to review "Ant Hill 
Odyssey” and it is more than a privilege to 
heartily recommend it to every member of the 
Association. 
Melvin D. Hildreth 
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