Fred Stone was one of Americas most versatile and talented of Broadways colorful entertainers. Audiences quickly discovered he could do anything and everything, from tightrope walking and acrobatics to song-and-dance, musical comedies, and straight drama. This work chronicles his extraordinary life and career. He was born in a log cabin August 19, 1873, in Valmont, Colorado, to a family that was part of the covered-wagon migration into the virtually unknown West. He joined a traveling circus at age 11 and two years later, joined a different one as a self-taught tightrope walker. During his teens, Stone performed on the variety stage, and at age 22, met Dave Montgomery, with whom he performed for over twenty years, including Broadway musicals, notably as the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. After Montgomerys tragic death in 1917, Stone continued to perform and shared his continued success with his closest

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Fred Stone was one of America's most versatile and talented entertainers: he could do everything from tightrope walking to song-and-dance to straight drama. This work chronicles his extraordinary life and career.