The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE
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The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE

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The "P. T. Barnum Reader" reveals the trailblazing American showman P. T. Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy 'puffer', a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of 'family' entertainments. Taken together, these selections paint a new and more complete portrait of th...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published December 14th 2005 by University of Illinois Press
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The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE (Hardcover)
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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