Life of P. T. Barnum
Author | : Phineas Taylor Barnum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1855 |
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Author | : Phineas Taylor Barnum |
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Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1855 |
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Author | : Phineas Taylor Barnum |
Publisher | : New York : The Viking Press |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : Robert Wilson |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2020-08-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501118714 |
“Robert Wilson’s Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clichés for a more nuanced story…It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves.” —The Wall Street Journal P.T. Barnum is the greatest showman the world has ever seen. As a creator of the Barnum & Baily Circus and a champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and “humbug,” he was the founding father of American entertainment—and as Robert Wilson argues, one of the most important figures in American history. Nearly 125 years after his death, the name P.T. Barnum still inspires wonder. Robert Wilson’s vivid new biography captures the full genius, infamy, and allure of the ebullient showman, who, from birth to death, repeatedly reinvented himself. He learned as a young man how to wow crowds, and built a fortune that placed him among the first millionaires in the United States. He also suffered tragedy, bankruptcy, and fires that destroyed his life’s work, yet willed himself to recover and succeed again. As an entertainer, Barnum courted controversy throughout his life—yet he was also a man of strong convictions, guided in his work not by a desire to deceive, but an eagerness to thrill and bring joy to his audiences. He almost certainly never uttered the infamous line, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” instead taking pride in giving crowds their money’s worth and more. Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, tells a gripping story in Barnum, one that’s imbued with the same buoyant spirit as the man himself. In this “engaging, insightful, and richly researched new biography” (New York Journal of Books), Wilson adeptly makes the case for P.T. Barnum’s place among the icons of American history, as a figure who represented, and indeed created, a distinctly American sense of optimism, industriousness, humor, and relentless energy.
Author | : Candace Fleming |
Publisher | : Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2009-09-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0375841970 |
Discover the true story of P.T. Barnum, the man who created the world-famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, as featured in the movie The Greatest Showman! The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here’ s a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Readers can visit Barnum’s American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum’s legacy to the 19th century and beyond. Drawing on old circus posters, photographs, etchings, ticket stubs—and with incredible decorative art by Ray Fenwick—this book presents history as it’s never been experienced before—a show-stopping event!
Author | : Kirsten Anderson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1524792993 |
Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up for Who HQ's entertaining biography of P. T. Barnum: politician, businessman, and The Greatest Showman on Earth! After moving from Connecticut to New York City in 1834, twenty-four-year-old Phineas Taylor Barnum launched his now-legendary career as a showman. Even though spectators debated whether his exhibitions were authentic wonders, hoaxes, or a little bit of both, they were always astounded by what they saw. And readers are sure to be amazed by the story of how Barnum went from owning a museum filled with rare and unusual items to transforming the American circus into a popular and thrilling phenomenon.
Author | : A. H. Saxon |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780231056878 |
I believe hugely in advertising and blowing my own trumpet, beating the gongs, drums, to attract attention to a show, Phineas Taylor Barnum wrote to a publisher in 1860. "I don't believe in 'duping the public,' but I believe in first attracting and then pleasing them." The name P.T. Barnum is virtually synonymous with the fine art of self-advertisement and the apocryphal statement, "There's a sucker born every minute." Nearly a century after his death, Barnum remains one of America's most celebrated figures. In the Selected Letters of P.T. Barnum, A.H. Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled "Prince of Humbugs." Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes. Always the king of showmen, Barnum considered himself a museum man first and was forever on the lookout for "curiosities," whether animate or inanimate. His early career included such outright frauds as Joice Heth, the "161-year-old nurse of George Washington," and the Fejee Mermaid-the desiccated head and torso of a monkey sewn to the body of a fish. Although in later years he projected a more solid, respectable image-managing the irreproachable "legitimate" attraction Jenny Lind, becoming a leading light in the temperance crusade, founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus-much of his daily existence continued to be unabashedly devoted to manipulating public opinion so as to acquire for himself and his enterprises what he delightedly termed "notoriety." His famous autobiography, The Life of P.T. Barnum, which he regularly augmented during the last quarter century of his life, was itself a masterpiece of self-promotion. "Will you have the kindness to announce that I am writing my life & that fifty-seven different publishers have applied for the chance of publishing it," he wrote to a newspaper editor, adding, "Such is the fact-and if it wasn't, why still it ain't a bad announcement." The Selected Letters of P.T. Barnum captures the magic of this consummate showman's life, truly his own "greatest show on earth."
Author | : Phineas Taylor Barnum |
Publisher | : New York : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780231054126 |
Gathers correspondence by the famous American showman to his family, friends, writers, businessmen, and other public figures
Author | : Phineas Taylor Barnum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1855 |
Genre | : Circus owners |
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Author | : P. T. Barnum |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 2023-11-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money" is a practical guide to building personal wealth. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to a piece of advice like: "Whatever you do, do it with all might" and contains a detailed commentary on the recommendation. It also includes great stories, examples, and critical insights on wealth.
Author | : David K. Wright |
Publisher | : Raintree |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780817244569 |
Introduces the life and accomplishments of the man who is known as the creator of the greatest show on Earth.