The Final Confession of Mabel Stark : 9780802140432 : 0802140432 : 01 Feb 2004 : Barely five feet tall and dressed in her trade-mark skintight white leather jumpsuit, Mabel Stark made her mark in a man's world as the greatest female tiger trainer in history. In the 1910s and 1920s, when the circus was in its golden age and the most popular form of entertainment in North America, the tiny, curvaceous Kentucky blonde was a center-ring attraction for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. She was brazen, suicidally courageous, obsessed with tigers, and sexually adventurous. She survived a dozen severe maulings - and five husbands. Always, her relationship with the big cats came first, especially her beloved Bengal tiger Rajah. As Mabel said, "You can't mix tigers and husbands. And anyhow, I prefer tigers." Now Robert Hough has created a captivating fictional autobiography of Mabel Stark that immerses us in the carnival world of the Big Top.