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475 tulosta hakusanalla Phineas T. Barnum
Funny Stories Told by Phineas T. Barnum
Christopher D'James; P. T. Barnum
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum (Edition1)
Gertrude Hall Brownell
Alpha Editions
2024
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A Unique Story Of A Marvellous Career Life Of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
Joel Benton
Double 9 Books
2025
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A unique story of a marvellous career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum presents the journey of an individual whose life reveals the power of imagination, persistence, and bold self-belief. The narrative opens with modest circumstances, showing how early curiosity and a willingness to experiment led to unexpected opportunities. Through various attempts at work and trade, the individual learns to observe what excites and inspires people. These insights gradually form the basis for a new kind of public entertainment that blends creativity with business. The book highlights how each setback becomes a lesson and every success becomes a platform for even greater ambition. Instead of simply recounting events, the account explores the ambition that drives a person to transform ordinary situations into memorable experiences. The story illustrates how humor, resilience, and a fascination with people helped shape groundbreaking ideas. Throughout, the work emphasizes the importance of daring to think differently, treating uncertainty as possibility rather than limitation. The biography ultimately shows how a determined mind can shape cultural experiences and create a legacy that influences the world of entertainment long after the final curtain falls.
The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself
Phineas T. Barnum
University of Illinois Press
2000
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For more than fifty years, Phineas T. Barnum embodied all that was grand and fraudulent in American mass culture. Over the course of a life that spanned the nineteenth century (1810-91), he inflicted himself upon a surprisingly willing public in a variety of guises, from newspaper editor (or libeler) to traveling showman (or charlatan) and distinguished public benefactor (or shameless hypocrite). Barnum deliberately cultivated his ambiguous public image through a lifelong advertising campaign, shrewdly exploiting the cultural and technological capabilities of the new publishing industry. While running his numerous shows and exhibitions, Barnum managed to publish newspaper articles, exposés of fraud (not his own), self-help tracts, and a series of best-selling autobiographies, each promising to give "the true history of my many adventures." Updated editions of The Life of P. T. Barnum appeared regularly, allowing Barnum to keep up with demand and prune the narrative of details that might offend posterity. The present volume is the first modern edition of Barnum's original and outrageous autobiography, published in 1855 and unavailable for more than a century. Brazen, confessional, and immensely entertaining, it immortalizes the showman who hoodwinked customers into paying to hear the reminiscences of a woman presented as George Washington's 161-year-old nurse, the impresario who brought Jenny Lind to America and toured Europe with General Tom Thumb, and the grand entrepreneur of the American Museum of New York. Above all, it ensures that Barnum would be properly remembered . . . exactly as he created himself.
The P. T. Barnum Reader reveals the trailblazing American showman P. T. Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy "puffer," a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of "family" entertainments. Taken together, these selections paint a new and more complete portrait of this complex man than has ever been seen before. James W. Cook's The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader is the largest collection of Barnum's works ever produced. Included are excerpts from his pseudo-autobiographical novel The Adventures of an Adventurer (1841), his European letters from 1844-46 informing readers of the New York Atlas of his regal reception overseas, and a large selection from his Ancient and Modern Humbugs of the World, Barnum's 1864-65 insider's look into the frauds of nineteenth-century American culture. It offers a glimpse of Tom Thumb's minstrel and singing performances in front of Queen Victoria, Barnum's many fraudulent representations of the supposedly ancient Joice Heth, and a more immediate, less filtered sense of Barnum as cultural and social critic in his serialized writings and travelogues. This volume also features reproductions of difficult to find posters from Barnum's two-decade collaboration with the prominent New York lithographers, Currier and Ives, and vintage photographs. Finally, the reader also helps us to understand Barnum's role in building the modern culture industry. We follow his career from itinerant hawker, hardly distinguishable from his pre-industrial forebears, to manager of the world's first show business empire, with a staff of thousands and brand recognition across four continents. The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader tracks the shifting personas of the great showman, his representational choices, and his publics across the nineteenth century.
The Art of Money Getting Or Golden Rules for Making Money Phineas Taylor Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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P. T. Barnum, the great American showman of the 19th century, wrote this short book about making and keeping money. He certainly had life experiences that qualify him for the subject--he started a small newspaper in his twenties, bought and transformed a museum into a showplace for curiosities, built a circus empire that gave performances in America and Europe, promoted a performing tour of a singer, fell into debt in the 1850s and pulled himself out by lecture tours, was a mayor, and founded a hospital. Excerpts: "Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only to set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done. But however easy it may be found to make money, I have no doubt many of my hearers will agree it is the most difficult thing in the world to keep it. ... True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go."
Struggles and Triumphs, or, the Recollections of P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Outlook Verlag
2024
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Struggles and Triumphs, or, the Recollections of P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Antigonos Verlag
2025
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