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The Life of P.T. Barnum

The Life of P.T. Barnum

Barnum, P. T.

Hardcover

Series: Cosimo Classics Biography

Entertainment & Performing ArtsGeneral DramaGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1602069581
ISBN13: 9781602069589
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: Nov 1 2007
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Originally published in the United States in 1855, P.T. Barnum recounts the true history of his adventures and the many enterprises in which he had engaged. A fascinating and-to say the least-colorful man, Barnum regales us with a storied chronicle of his checkered career, where he had been everything from farmer's boy to small town merchant to bank president and, ultimately, a master showman. He had frequented jails and palaces, known poverty and wealth, traveled over a large portion of two continents, and had seen all varieties of people and characters. This light-hearted, intriguing history will endeavor the reader to laugh at the antics of this inimitable showman, who, interestingly enough, never coined the phrase, There's a sucker born every minute. PHINEAS TAYLOR (P.T.) BARNUM (1810-1891) is one of the most peculiarly famous personalities in American history. A consummate showman and entrepreneur, Barnum was famous for bringing both high and low culture to American audiences. From the melodious opera singer Jenny Lind to the bizarre hoax of the Feejee Mermaid, from the clever and quite diminutive Tom Thumb to Jumbo the Elephant, Barnum's oddities, spectacles, galas, extravaganzas, and events tickled the fancies of Americans of all ages.

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