2005 Outstanding Academic Title from Choice Magazine

"Jerry Apps diligently searched the most extensive circus archives in America before writing about the Brothers Ringling. He covers the lives of the Ringlings and provides extensive examples of family correspondence. He details financial records of their circuses, proving their financial success. Best of all, Ringlingville USA is historically correct." - Fred Dr. Pfening Jr., Editor, Bandwagon: The Journal of the Circus Historical Society

"Congratulations to Jerry Apps for Ringlingville USA. This is an excellent historical story about my grandfather, Alf T. Ringling, and his brothers. Ringlingville brought bittersweet memories of my days with the circus, 1937 through 1941, and the lullaby of the wheels." - Paul T. Ringling