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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum

by Candace Fleming

151 pages · 2009

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Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy.

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