Traveling Caravan: Growing Up Under The Big Top

Step into the extraordinary life of Kristin L. Schmidt Larson in TRAVELING CARAVAN: Growing Up Under The Big Top, a captivating non-fiction narrative that takes you on a journey through the Midwest with a family steeped in the vibrant yet challenging world of traveling carnivals.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Harold Earl Schmidt, Kristin's grandfather, traveled with his One-Man Band, eventually marrying Phyllis Maas and raising four children under the big top. The circus, transitioning into a trav...