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Struggles and Triumphs : Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum by P. T. Barnum (1981, Trade Paperback)
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Author: Barnum, P. T. (Author), Bode, Carl (Introduction by). Number of Pages: 400. Weight: 0.93 lbs. Publication Date: 1981-12-17. Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140390049
ISBN-139780140390049
eBay Product ID (ePID)1966622
Product Key Features
Book TitleStruggles and Triumphs : Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCircus, United States / 19th Century, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year1981
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorP. T. Barnum
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN81-012065
Edition DescriptionAbridged edition
SynopsisWritten with the same energy and imagination Barnum brought to all his endeavors, this autobiography is a manual on getting rich, an occasional sermon on the merits of Christianity, and a survey of popular entertainment. When the first version was published in 1855, it became an immediate bestseller. Read today, it is not only a wonderful portrait of the most colorful figure in nineteenth-century American life but also a fascinating document of his times. He schemed to entrance the American people-to shock, amuse, and surprise them. And he succeeded. P.T. Barnum introduced the American public to Tom Thumb, the Siamese twins Chang and Eng, and the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind. He made Americans open their eyes in amazement at thousands of "oddities," some real, some manufactured. Struggles and Triumphs is the life story of America's first purveyor of pop culture-a man who indulged in outright chicanery and yet managed to retain an image (most of the time) of unassailable moral rectitude., Written with the same energy and imagination Barnum brought to all his endeavors, this autobiography is a manual on getting rich, an occasional sermon on the merits of Christianity, and a survey of popular entertainment. When the first version was published in 1855, it became an immediate bestseller. Read today, it is not only a wonderful portrait of the most colorful figure in nineteenth-century American life but also a fascinating document of his times. He schemed to entrance the American people--to shock, amuse, and surprise them. And he succeeded. P.T. Barnum introduced the American public to Tom Thumb, the Siamese twins Chang and Eng, and the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind. He made Americans open their eyes in amazement at thousands of "oddities," some real, some manufactured. Struggles and Triumphs is the life story of America's first purveyor of pop culture--a man who indulged in outright chicanery and yet managed to retain an image (most of the time) of unassailable moral rectitude.
LC Classification NumberGV1811.B3
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