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Overview:
“Imagine growing up next door to the Big Top: a huge, musty circus tent outfitted with wooden rings, a laminated ball for the elephant to balance on, cages for chimps, gaily painted circus wagons and a Palomino Pony that could dance. Living next door to Grace and Arvel Allread, I didn’t have to imagine. I just had to hop over the fence.”
Dave Delgardo, Eden, Indeed: Tales, Truths and Fabrications of a Small Town Boy
Saturday Sep 12, 2026
10:00am - 2:00pm
Tehama County History Museum
275 C Street
Tehama, Ca 96090
10:00am: Book Sales, Signing & Scrolling Presentation
11:00am: Selected Backyard Circus Readings
11:30am: Mingling & Book Signing
About the Author
Terry Tim Allread
Terry Tim Allread is the sixth of seven children raised in the Backyard Circus. As a child, going to every circus that came within 200 miles of home, his parents, Arvel and Grace, introduced him to such circus luminaries as Clyde Beatty, Big John Strong, and Victor Robbins. He would wake up Saturday mornings to the melodious tones of Dad playing “Entry of the Gladiators" on his baritone horn.
