Pickled Punks & Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midways of America by Rick West Medical and the female Pipa toad

and the female Pipa toad embeds its eggs on its back

Theraphosidae encased in resin and measures 1

Hangs from twine

This fascinating concoction of biology

This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations

Pickled Punks & Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midways of America by Rick West Medical and the female Pipa toadStep down a little closer; you don't want to miss a thing. Join fifty year sideshow veteran, Rick West, on a strange and wonderful trip through behind the scenes tales of his life as a showman. The strange, the bizarre, the unusual comprise this engaging memoir bursting at the seams with rare images of two headed cows, Bigfoot creatures, pickled punks, showgirls, humongous hogs, 3,500 pound steers, and much, much more. From attending the Ozark Empire