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The Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader

The Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 0252030540
ISBN-13 : 9780252030543
Rating : 4/5 (543 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader by : Phineas Taylor Barnum

Download or read book The Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader written by Phineas Taylor Barnum and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader reveals the trailblazing American showman 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 includes large excerpts from Barnum's semi-autobiographical novel The Adventures of an Adventurer (1841), his European letters from 1844-46 informing readers of the New York Atlas of his reception by royalty overseas, selections from his Ancient and Modern Humbugs of the World (Barnum's 1864-65 insider's look into nineteenth-century frauds), and much, much more. The book also features vintage photographs and reproductions of difficult-to-find images from Barnum's two-decade collaboration with the prominent New York lithographers Currier and Ives. Collectively, these materials help us to track the shifting personas of the great showman, his promotional choices, and his publics across the nineteenth century. Book jacket.


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