Barnum : an American life
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/BARNUM,P
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Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019
EDITION
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 341 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781501118623, 1501118625 :, 1501118625, 9781501118715, 1501118714, 9781501118623
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: "Do you know Barnum?" -- The richest child in town -- The nursemaid -- On Broadway -- The mermaid -- The general -- The queen -- The continent -- At home -- The voice -- Temples of entertainment -- Before the fall -- Putting out fires -- A ruined man -- The war and a wedding -- Fire! -- Show fever -- Marriage bonds -- Excitement, pepper & mustard -- And Bailey -- Last years
"The first major biography of P.T. Barnum in a generation, a vivid account of the forefather of American entertainment"--