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<p>the World's Greatest Showman</p><h3>children's Literature</h3><p>this Biography Of The World's Greatest Showman Is Jam Packed With Intrigue, Disappointments, Surprises, And Even Hoaxes. The Events In The Very First Chapter Set The Tone For P.t. Barnum's Life&#151;which At Times Seems Fantastical And Unreal. Mr. Barnum Did Not Start Out To Be A Showman. He Was Quite The Adventurous Entrepreneur And Businessman Before Becoming A Curator Of The Absurd And Extraordinary, Though He Was Always Overshadowed By Unbelievers And Those Wanting To Prove Him To Be A Phony. Even His Family Members Seemed To Be Against Him. His Uncle Alanson Publically Disagreed With Him About Politics, Religion, And Even Work. From Selling Lottery Tickets In Connecticut To Running A Store, Barnum Knew How To Give People What They Wanted&#151;a Taste Of The Sensational&#151;and Knew How To Exploit That. His First Find' Was Joice Heth, Purported To Be A Woman Claiming To Be 161 Years Old And The Nurse Attending George Washington As A Boy. This Later Proved To Be A Hoax And Barnum Considered As A Victim Of A Swindler, Though He Knew No One Could Ever Live To Be 161 Years Old. Knowing Any Attention, Even Negative

Author

Thomas Streissguth

Publisher

Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780766030220

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Literary Fiction