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Struggles and Triumphs

by P. T. Barnum

The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a museum operator, but an antislavery politician, Connecticut state legislator, Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and temperance lecturer, Barnum lays aside some of the gilding to provide his thoughts on his career, economics, how to make money, and other issues of the day.

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Language

English

Original Language

Enlgish

Published In

1869

Genre/Category

Science Art

Tags/Keywords

History Social Science Culture Struggle Anthropology Classics Performing Arts

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P. T. Barnum

United States

Barnum wrote several books, including Life of P. T. Barnum (1855), The Humbugs of the World (1865), Struggles and Triumphs (1869), Forest and jungle, or, Thrilling adventures in all quarters of the gl...

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