num_pages: 151
description: Discover the true story of P.T. Barnum the man who created the world-famous Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus as featured in the movie The Greatest Showman !The award-winning author of The A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary  Amelia Lost  and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants midgets and three-ring circuses here s a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Readers can visit Barnums American Museum; meet Tom Thumb the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when at age 60 he joined the circus; and discover Barnums legacy to the 19th century and beyond. Drawing on old circus posters photographs etchings ticket stubsand with incredible decorative art by Ray Fenwickthis book presents history as its never been experienced beforea show-stopping event!
language: English
title: The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
publisher: Schwartz & Wade