The fabulous showman
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1959
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Description: A fast-paced, carefully documented, and rich biography of Barnum, the greatest showman of all time, the American from Bethel, Connecticut, whose eccentricities and oblique, cynical approach to humanity transformed entertainment into a big, incredibly profitable business.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gen. Washington's nurse; title: Ivy Island; title: Mermaid from Feejee; title: Twenty-five-inch man; title: Chang and Eng; title: Swedish nightingale; title: Iranistan; title: Jerome Clock Company; title: White whale; title: Jumbo.