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Dec 22, 2017 · December 22, 2017. Hugh Jackman in "The Greatest Showman." 20th Century Fox. Some five decades into his life, Phineas Taylor Barnum from Bethel, Connecticut, had remade himself from his humble...
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Business Leaders. Entrepreneurs. P.T. Barnum was a successful American promoter who founded what became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1871. Updated: Jun 23, 2020....
Apr 13, 2023 · READ MORE ABOUT P.T. BARNUM. The American Museum, Barnum’s grand entertainment attraction, drew millions of visitors to the intersection of Broadway and Ann Streets in New York City (near the modern World Trade Plaza). Among the Museum’s many wondrous attractions was America’s first aquarium.
Jan 11, 2017 · Barnum wrote one of America’s first celebrity autobiographies. Then he wrote a second. And a third. All told, his multiple memoirs sold over a million copies. In 1880, a century before Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal, Barnum pioneered the celebrity how-to-get-rich book, writing The Art of Money-Getting.
Jul 29, 2019 · What P. T. Barnum Understood About America. The “Prince of Humbugs” was a liar, a racist, and an entertainer who would do anything for a crowd. He even considered running for President. Barnum...
Jul 19, 2019 · Robert Wilson’s P. T. Barnum Biography Is Un-Barnumesque - The Atlantic. August 2019 Issue. Explore. Culture. The Spectacular P. T. Barnum. The great showman taught us to love hyperbole, fake...
P. T. Barnum, (born July 5, 1810, Bethel, Conn., U.S.—died April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Conn.), U.S. showman. In 1841 he bought the American Museum, a collection of conventional exhibits in New York City, and transformed it into a carnival of live freaks and dramatic curiosities, which he promoted with sensational publicity.
