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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleming, Candace
Other Authors: Fenwick, Ray (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Barnum, P. T. > (Phineas Taylor), > 1810-1891 > Juvenile literature.
Circus owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Barnum, P. T. > (Phineas Taylor), > 1810-1891.
Circus owners > United States > Biography.
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.