An edition of Life of P. T. Barnum (1855)

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An edition of Life of P. T. Barnum (1855)

The life of P.T. Barnum

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"For more than fifty years, Phineas T. Barnum embodied all that was grand and fraudulent in American mass culture. Over the course of a life that spanned the nineteenth century (1810-91), he inflicted himself upon a surprisingly willing public in a variety of guises, from newspaper editor (or libeler) to traveling showman (or charlatan) and distinguished public benefactor (or shameless hypocrite).".

"Barnum deliberately cultivated his ambiguous public image through a lifelong advertising campaign, shrewdly exploiting the cultural and technological capabilities of the new publishing industry. While running his numerous shows and exhibitions, Barnum managed to publish newspaper articles, exposes of fraud (not his own), self-help tracts, and a series of best-selling autobiographies, each promising to give "the true history of my many adventures."".

"Updated editions of The Life of P.T. Barnum appeared regularly, allowing Barnum to keep up with demand and purge the narrative of details that might offend posterity. The present volume is the first modern edition of Barnum's original and outrageous autobiography, published in 1855 and unavailable for more than a century."--BOOK JACKET.

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Redfield
Language
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Pages
404

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Library of Congress
GV1811.B3 A3 1855

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, [9]-404 p.
Number of pages
404

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6645715M
Internet Archive
lifeofptbarnum5815barn
LCCN
22014332
OCLC/WorldCat
410961

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