6 edition of P. T. Barnum found in the catalog.
P. T. Barnum
Thomas Streissguth
Published
2009
by Enslow Publishers in Berkeley Heights, NJ
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Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Tom Streissguth. |
| Genre | Juvenile literature. |
| Series | Americans : The Spirit of a Nation |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | GV1811.B3 S77 2009 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | p. cm. |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL21096736M |
| ISBN 10 | 0766030229 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780766030220 |
| LC Control Number | 2008017442 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 227205687 |
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P.T. Barnum, the showman and grifter who held up a funhouse mirror to America Robert Wilson explores how Barnum’s oddities and . P.T. Barnum was the founder of the renowned Barnum & Bailey circus and noted American showman, entrepreneur and businessman. He began his career at a newspaper, then subsequently moved on to various business ventures, and finally became a politician/5(5).
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Barnum was the greatest showman the world has ever seen: the co-creator of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the man who made worldwide sensations of Jumbo the Elephant, General Tom Thumb, and the “Swedish Nightingale,” Jenny Lind. He was the champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and “humbug.”.
P.T. Barnum book. Read 26 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. One of the earliest practitioners of the show business, P.T. Barnum 4/5. The first part of the book about P. Barnum’s early like as a self made, ambitious man, was perhaps the most interesting. In all due respect, the book is an honest, forthright personal narrative.
However, the book left me wondering if he was more in the business of exploitation rather than the Greatest Showman he saw himself as and was /5(48). “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 /5(46).
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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 Released on: Aug P.T. Barnum, in full Phineas Taylor Barnum, (born July 5,Bethel, Connecticut, U.S.—died April 7,Bridgeport, Connecticut), American showman who employed sensational forms of presentation and publicity to popularize such amusements as the public museum, the musical concert, and the three-ring circus.
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Barnum: America's Greatest Showman, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III, and Peter W. Kunhardt - who were responsible for the best-selling Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography - rediscover the genius and vision of an unmatched impresario and entrepreneur.
In vivid words and spellbinding pictures (more than photographs, engravings, and color 5/5(1). P.T. Barnum Isn’t the Hero the “Greatest Showman” Wants You to Think His path to fame and notoriety began by exploiting an enslaved woman, in life and in death, as entertainment for the massesAuthor: Jackie Mansky.
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P T Barnum. PHINEAS TAYLOR (P.T.) BARNUM () 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.
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He did not enter the circus business until he was sixty years old, and established 'P. T Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome' which later became known as Barnum and Bailey.
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T. Barnum? 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 intwenty-four-year-old Phineas Taylor Barnum launched his now-legendary career as a showman.
