Name: The Final Confession of Mabel Stark - Robert Hough
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The Final Confession of Mabel Stark – Robert Hough

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Robert Hough’s The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is a fictionalized account of the real-life Mabel Stark, a pioneering female tiger trainer in early 20th-century circus history. Told in her own bold and unapologetic voice, the novel explores her turbulent life, personal sacrifices, and relentless passion for performing, capturing both the dangers of the ring and the complexities of her character. Condition: Good (Name written in front).

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In the 1910s and ’20s, during the golden age of the big top, Mabel Stark was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, and one of America’s most eccentric celebrities. A tiny, curvaceous Kentucky blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous, and suicidally courageous.

The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is Robert Hough’s brilliant, highly acclaimed novelization of her fantastic life. It is 1968 — Mabel is just turning eighty and is about to lose her job at Jungleland, a Southern California game park. Devastated by the loss of her cats, she looks back on her life and her five husbands: the fifth would one day be tragically mauled by her one true love, her ferocious yet amorous 550-pound Bengal tiger Rajah.

Starting with her escape from a mental institution to begin her circus career as a burlesque dancer, Mabel’s exquisitely voiced confession is a live wire of dark secrets, broken dreams, and comic escapades. It is a brilliant, exhilarating story of an America before television and movies, when the spectacle of the circus reigned and an unlikely woman captured the public imagination with her singular charm and audacity.