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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

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Discover the actual story of P.T. Barnum, the man who created the world-famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, as featured within the movie The Greatest Showman!

The award-winning creator of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Take a look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known all over the place for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here’ s a whole and captivating Take a look at the man in the back of the Greatest Show on Earth. Readers can seek advice from Barnum’s American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill Barnum will have to have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum’s legacy to the 19th century and beyond. Drawing on old circus posters, photographs, etchings, ticket stubs—and with improbable decorative art by Ray Fenwick—this book presents history as it’s never been experienced before—a show-stopping event!

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