Barnum an American life
"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,...
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| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY
Simon & Schuster
[August 2019]
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| Ausgabe: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: "Do you know Barnum?"
- The richest child in town
- The nursemaid
- On Broadway
- The mermaid
- The general
- The queen
- The continent
- At home
- The voice
- Temples of entertainment
- Before the fall
- Putting out fires
- A ruined man
- The war and a wedding
- Fire!
- Show fever
- Marriage bonds
- Excitement, pepper & mustard
- And Bailey
- Last years