Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What Is a Variety Theater?
Chapter 2: Tombstone’s Early Venues
Chapter 3: Early Performers Prove the Concept
Chapter 4: Bird Cage Founders: William and Lottie Hutchinson
Chapter 5: How the Bird Cage Came to Be
Chapter 6: Hutchinson’s Bird Cage Success
Chapter 7: Hutchinson’s Downfall
Chapter 8: The Bird Cage Era History Forgot, 1884–1885
Chapter 9: A Rise from the Ashes: The Joe Bignon Era
Chapter 10: Bird Cage Mayhem?
Chapter 11: Performers, Performances, and Employees
Chapter 12: Post Theater Era: Leading the Charge of Tombstone’s Revival
Chapter 13: From Decaying Building to Western Icon: Cummings, Gardner, Helldorado
Chapter 14: Coffee Shoppe and Beyond
Chapter 15: Legacy
Epilogue
Appendix A: A Concise Bird Cage Timeline
Appendix B: Index to Bird Cage Myths
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index