The great and only Barnum the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum
Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and...
| Main Author: | Fleming, Candace. |
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| Other Authors: | Fenwick, Ray (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- "I am a showman"
- That Barnum boy
- The apprentice showman
- A visit to the American Museum
- Humbug!
- A miniature man and a nightingale
- The man behind the curtain
- Endings and beginnings
- Circus man
- Come to the circus
- The egress.