This comprehensive study of the legendary showman employs diaries, letters, and business records to examine Barnum's personal and professional life--his sexual indiscretions, freak shows, and infamous hoaxes--and to debunk some of the many myths surrounding this most caricatured individual.
By:
A. H. Saxon Imprint: Columbia University Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 68g ISBN:9780231056861 ISBN 10: 0231056869 Pages: 437 Publication Date:01 January 1990 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Illustrations Prologue 1. Life in Progress 2. Bethal 3. Religion of Healthy-mindedness 4. Showman Barnum 5. Wonders of God's Universe 6. Of Mermaids and the Man in Miniature 7. Universal Yankee 8. Finer Things 9. Bridgeport and Bankruptcy 10. Pro bono publico 11. New Beginning 12. Crowning Efforts 13. Children's Friend and Jumbo 14. Sun of the Amusement World Epilogue Appendix. Barnum Aprocrypha Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index of Persons
A. H. Saxon is the author of many books and articles on the history of the theatre, circus, and popular entertainments.