P.T. Barnum: the Legend and the Man

Hardback
437 pages
Published: 1989
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN / EAN: 0231056869

A comprehensive study of the legendary showman employs diaries, letters, and business records to examine Barnum's personal and professional life--his sexual indiscretions, freak shows, and infamous hoaxes--and to debunk some of the many myths surrounding