Barbara Bothwell

A Young Man's Dreams Barbara Bothwell

How did Jose Monte, son of acrobats, become Joseph Montgomery, Entrepreneur? It all began late in the 19th century when a schoolteacher in the American Mid-West took pity on a young Spanish circus boy who could only speak a few words in English. Unfortunately he wasn't athletic and useless as an acrobat. The teacher gave him an education and returned him to his family. Then in 1908 he left his family to their touring and moved to Chicago to become a theatrical agent.