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Fascinating True Tales from Old California Crooked Con Men, Eccentric Immigrants, and Fearless Females Who Shaped the Golden State

Colleen Adair Fliedner

For over four centuries, California has been an ever-changing landscape of innovation and revolution, triumph and tragedy.

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It's a pamphlet-turned-book from 1975 that teaches everything you need to know to run a humbug flea circus. It was mentioned as a fun book to read, perhaps as a Christmas gift.

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It's called the famous Flea Act and it teaches you everything you need to know to do a humbug flea circus.

— Episode: SYSK Selects: How a Flea Circus Works

Episode: SYSK Selects: How a Flea Circus Works

It's a pamphlet-turned-book from 1975 that teaches everything you need to know to run a humbug flea circus. It was mentioned as a fun book to read, perhaps as a Christmas gift.

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It's called the famous Flea Act and it teaches you everything you need to know to do a humbug flea circus.

I just want to read it just for funsies, you know Christmas is coming up I bet you someone out there.

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