The Fabulous Showman : A Biography of P. T. Barnum (PocketBook)

The greatest showman on earth

He hoaxed, humbugged, dazzled, and delighted a whole world with his Magnificent ballyhoo of the Unique and the Wonderful

When kissing on sunday was a crime in puriatn America and Victoria reigned over a nation of prudes, the Fantastic P. T. Barnum began the career which rocketed him to fame as the world's Unsurpassed impresario! The shrews-Yankee whose Astonishing genius made entertainment respectable discovered Tom Thumb, th e Feejee Mermaid, the Wild Man of Borneo, anda host of Spectacular exhibits with which to feast a ravenous public! He tried to buy Niagara Falls, had his midget preseated at the English court, lived in a Dazzling Oriental place! Kings and crowds abored him; the world will never forget him.