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Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled Prince of Humbugs. Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes.

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Illustrations Prologue 1. Life in Progress 2. Bethal 3. Religion of Healthy-mindedness 4. Showman Barnum 5. Wonders of God's Universe 6. Of Mermaids and the Man in Miniature 7. Universal Yankee 8. Finer Things 9. Bridgeport and Bankruptcy 10. Pro bono publico 11. New Beginning 12. Crowning Efforts 13. Children's Friend and Jumbo 14. Sun of the Amusement World Epilogue Appendix. Barnum Aprocrypha Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index of Persons

P. T. Barnum The Legend and the Man

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 25 May 1995
      ISBN-13 9780231056878
      978-0231056878
      ISBN-10 0231056877
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled Prince of Humbugs. Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes.

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations Prologue 1. Life in Progress 2. Bethal 3. Religion of Healthy-mindedness 4. Showman Barnum 5. Wonders of God's Universe 6. Of Mermaids and the Man in Miniature 7. Universal Yankee 8. Finer Things 9. Bridgeport and Bankruptcy 10. Pro bono publico 11. New Beginning 12. Crowning Efforts 13. Children's Friend and Jumbo 14. Sun of the Amusement World Epilogue Appendix. Barnum Aprocrypha Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index of Persons

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