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Struggles and Triumphs or Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, Part 1
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9780766155565
ISBN: 0766155560
Label: Kessinger Publishing
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 404
Publication Date: 2003-05
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Studio: Kessinger Publishing
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1871. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766155579. Volume 1 of 2. This work is Barnum's recollections of forty busy years. There is an almost universal, and not unworthy curiosity to learn the methods and measures, the ups and downs, the strifes and victories, the mental and moral personnel of those who have taken an active and prominent part in human affairs. But an autobiography has attractions and merits superior to those of a "life" written by another who cannot know all that helps to give interest and accuracy to the narrative. Barnum's narrative is interspersed with amusing incidents and even the recital of some very practical jokes. Such is simply because his natural disposition impels him to look upon the brighter side of life and he hopes that his humorous experiences will entertain the reader as much as they were enjoyed by himself.
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Rating: - Greatly amusing - you won't want to put it down.
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
In Brooklyn, New York in 1871, he established "P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Circus", a traveling amalgamation of circus, menagerie and museum of "freaks", which by 1872 was billing itself as "The Greatest Show on Earth".
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