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P.T. Barnum
Author profile
born
July 05, 1810 in Bethel, Connecticut, The United States
died
April 07, 1891
gender
male
genre
Business & Investing
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Biographies & Memoirs
,
Nonfiction
About this author
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Phineas Taylor Barnum
was a showman and entertainer, best remembered for promoting such celebrated hoaxes as the "Feejee mermaid" and for founding what later became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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P.T. Barnum
Average rating:
3.66
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215
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30 distinct works
The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money
3.72 avg rating — 129 ratings
— published 1999 —
44 editions
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The Life of P. T. Barnum
3.43 avg rating — 60 ratings
— published 1983 —
15 editions
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Barnum's Own Story : The Autobiography of P.T. Barnum, combined & Condensed from the Various Editions Published During His Lifetime
4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
— published 1962
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Humbugs of the World
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
— published 1825 —
14 editions
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The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE
by
P.T. Barnum
,
James W. Cook
(Editor)
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
— published 2005 —
2 editions
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The Art Of Money Getting &Amp; The Way To Wealth
by
P.T. Barnum
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P.T. Barnum & Benj. Franklin
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
— published 2005
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Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum
by
Carl Bode
,
P. T. Barnum
3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
— published 1872 —
5 editions
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Animal Stories: An Account of the Author's Famous Expedition in Search of Wild Animals for the Circus
by
P.T. Barnum
,
Florence White Williams
(Illustrator)
2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
— published 2000 —
5 editions
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The Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles of the World: The Story of Their Capture
5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
— published 2002 —
6 editions
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Unknown Book 13335698
4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right.”
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“Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.”
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