โ Wilson, Robert
๐ Fiction
๐
2019
๐ Simon & Schuster
๐ English
โ 2 MB
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Barnum: An American Life
โ Scribed by Robert Wilson
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1501118722
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โฆ Synopsis
The first major biography of P.T. Barnum in a generation, a vivid account of the forefather of American entertainment.
P. T. Barnum was the greatest showman the world has ever seen: the cocreator of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the man who made worldwide sensations of Jumbo the Elephant, General Tom Thumb, and the "Swedish Nightingale," Jenny Lind. He was the champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and "humbug." He was, as Barnum argues, one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century.
Nearly 125 years after his death, the name P. T. Barnum still inspires wonder. Robert Wilson's vivid new biography captures the full genius, infamy, and allure of the ebullient showman. From birth to death, Phineas Taylor Barnum repeatedly reinvented himself. He learned as a young man how to wow crowds, and built a fortune that placed him among the first millionaires in the United States. He also suffered tragedy, bankruptcy, and fires that destroyed his life's...
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