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About Me

I am a book. Between my covers are 300 pages featuring biographical entries and photos of more than 200 sideshow performers from the early 1800s right up to today. Many of whom are friends on this myspace page. See more at americansideshow.com. You'll find a photo gallery, videos, and kudos from the press and others in the sideshow community. A few samples:"Hartzman's book is filled with fun and amazing facts as well as impressive photos that will leave you shocked and amazed, but ultimately satisfied." - Mass Appeal Magazine"Hartzman leaves no circus tent unexplored in his history of freakish sideshow performers...the book -- an its marvelous collection of photos -- will shock and amaze offbeat voyeurs." - Publishers Weekly"It is terrific. The profiles of the people are honest and tell it like it was/is. Thank you for doing this book. It sure brought back a lot of memories." - Ward Hall, ShowmanMY author has also written Found on eBay: 101 Genuinely Bizarre Items From the World's Online Yard Sale (Universe) and published Backwash zine for eight years. backwashzine.com.

My Interests

Sideshows, juggling, football, basketball, two-headed animals, all things unusual

Music:

AC/DC, System of a Down, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, Queens of the Stoneage, Ween, Tool, lots of other stuff

Movies:

The Changeling, Time Bandits, Freaks, Hero, Memento

Television:

Simpsons, 24, Family Guy, Heroes

Books:

American Sideshow, Found on eBay, Atlas Shrugged, Dracula, Diary of a Surgeon 1750-1751, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Man Who Laughs, Frankenstein, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Count of Monte Cristo, Don Quixote

My Blog

Found on eBay on MSNBC.com

Found on eBay author Marc Hartzman was interviewed by MSNBC.com about humorous celebrity auctions:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19981367/page/2/
Posted by American Sideshow on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:31:00 PST

Melvin Burkhart article - 5th anniversary of his passing

This is an article I was interviewed for in the St. Petersburg Times:http://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/10/Brandontimes/Dead_il lusionist_live.shtml
Posted by American Sideshow on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:32:00 PST

Sideshow Gathering article in Bizarre -- posted

I scanned in my article on the Sideshow Gathering featured in the Dec. 2006 Bizarre magazine:backwashzine.com/ssg.html
Posted by American Sideshow on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:27:00 PST

American Sideshow blow-off site

Since American Sideshow only had a limited number of pages, only a limited number of entries made it into the book. I've started putting material that was cut onto a new site:Americansideshow.blogspot...
Posted by American Sideshow on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:07:00 PST

American Sideshow paperback is out!

It was due out last month, but is just now hitting the shelves at stores! Just like the hardcover, but with a softer cover. And an index! Plus, it's cheaper.
Posted by American Sideshow on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:29:00 PST

Sideshow Gathering article in Bizarre

See a preview of my article on the 2006 Sideshow Gathering in the upcoming issue of Bizarre:http://www.bizarremag.com/mondo_bizarro.php?id=4445. .
Posted by American Sideshow on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:20:00 PST