Phineas Taylor Barnum tells his life from a Connecticut boyhood of pranks and shopkeeping to his first travelling company and the purchase of the American Museum in New York. He recounts the exhibitions, speculations and tours that made him famous, among them General Tom Thumb and Jenny Lind’s American concerts, as well as the fires and failures he survived.
An irresistible self-portrait of America’s first great showman, as entertaining as his exhibits. Download the free EPUB.