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Written with the same energy and imagination Barnum brought to all his endeavors, this autobiography is a manual on getting rich, an occasional sermon on the merits of Christianity, and a survey of popular entertainment. When the first version was published in 1855, it became an immediate bestseller. Read today, it is not only a wonderful portrait of the most colorful figure in nineteenth-century American life but also a fascinating document of his times. He schemed to entrance the American people-to shock, amuse, and surprise them. And he succeeded. P.T. Barnum introduced the American public to Tom Thumb, the Siamese twins Chang and Eng, and the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind. He made Americans open their eyes in amazement at thousands of "oddities," some real, some manufactured. Struggles and Triumphs is the life story of America's first purveyor of pop culture-a man who indulged in outright chicanery and yet managed to retain an image (most of the time) of unassailable moral rectitude.

Struggles and Triumphs is the autobiography of P. T. Barnum, the celebrated American showman. Though subtitled Forty Years¿ Recollections, it covers a period of over 60 years, from his birth in 1810, to the later years of his career in the 1870s.Barnum has an engaging style, and his autobiography is crammed with many amusing and interesting incidents as he tells how he learned to make money entertaining the public through circuses, ¿freak shows,¿ theatrical presentations, concert tours and the like. On the way he builds up an impressive fortune, only to lose it all through a fraudulous speculation perpetrated on him. Then he starts again, pays off his debts and builds up another, greater fortune. Though often labelled as a ¿humbug¿ or ¿a mere charlatan¿ it¿s clear that the majority of his contemporary Americans held him in affectionate regard.However modern readers may be upset by Barnum¿s rather cavalier treatment of the animals under his care in the various menageries and aquariums he created, and be distressed by the details of how they were lost in the several fires which destroyed Barnum¿s Museums.Also of great interest are Barnum¿s philanthropic endeavours: lecturing on teetotalism; supporting negro equality; and funding civic developments.

Struggles and Triumphs - Or, fourty years recollections of P. T. Barnum is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875.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.

The founder of the well-known traveling circus and a well-known historical entrepreneur, P. T. Barnum, wrote The Art of Money Getting in which he imparts his business expertise and teaches readers how to succeed in creating money. This book serves as a great motivational read for those who want to succeed in business and make a lot of money as well as for those who are interested in learning from the personal success of a significant historical business leader. The title overstates what is actually in the article. If you're seeking advice on how to become wealthy, you won't find it here. However, Barnum does offer 20 guidelines for building moral character and achieving personal success. The guiding principles for making money and achieving personal success that Barnum outlines in The Art of Money Getting are included. Every young spender should read P.T. Barnum's The Art of Money Getting, which is an excellent manual. The book provides numerous explanations on how to spend your money wisely and efficiently in order to live your best life as a spender.

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P.T. Barnum: An Account of humbugs, delusions, impositions, quackeries, deceits and deceivers generally, in all ages, written by the famous expert in the field - P.T. Barnum. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) was an American showman remembered for hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum never flinched from his stated goal "to put money in his own coffers." He was a businessman, his profession was entertainment, and he was perhaps the first "show business" millionaire. He never said "There's a sucker born every minute" but his rebuttal to critics was often "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me."

A tour of hoaxes, tricks and outrageous gimmicks, this book is the product of the American showman P. T. Barnum (1810-91), now famous for observing that 'every crowd has a silver lining'. First published in 1866, it provides an entertaining glimpse into the bizarre world of Victorian 'humbug'.