An autobiography of Phineas T Barnum that immortalizes the showman who hoodwinked customers into paying to hear the reminiscences of a woman presented as George Washington's 161-year-old nurse, the impresario who brought Jenny Lind to America and toured Europe with General Tom Thumb, and the grand entrepreneur of the American Museum of New York.

The Greatest Showman in the History of the Universe reveals his secrets for accumulating vast sums of wealth so that anyone can follow his program and become rich. After a wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated Kings and Queens, and used his genius, wit and eloquence, P.T. Barnum wrote these golden rules for making money.

A beautifully illustrated volume depicting adventures and travels around the world gathering wildlife for zoos and circus. P. T. Barnum was America's greatest showman. This is a fascinating volume which in the back has a section on animal behavior. A highly regarded book of its day originally aimed at young adults when it was published in 1888.

"I believe hugely in advertising and blowing my own trumpet, beating the gongs, drums, to attract attention to a show," Phineas Taylor Barnum wrote to a publisher in 1860. "I don't believe in 'duping the public, ' but I believe in first attracting and then pleasing them."The name P.T. Barnum is virtually synonymous with the fine art of self-advertisement and the apocryphal statement, "There's a sucker born every minute." Nearly a century after his death, Barnum remains one of America's most celebrated figures.

In the Selected Letters of P.T. Barnum, A.H. Saxon brings...

Ebenezer Scrooge's cry of 'Humbug ' is well known throughout the English-speaking world. But what did he mean? In this entertaining book, P. T. Barnum (1810 91), defines 'humbug' as 'glittering appearances by which to suddenly arrest public attention, and attract the public eye and ear'. A showman himself and the creator of 'The Greatest Show on Earth', Barnum was famous for his own tricks, and describes here some of the most fascinating and outrageous examples perpetrated in his time. He explores the cases of Mr Warren, who wrote an advertisement in enormous letters on the pyramids of Giza,...

In P. T. Barnum's Art of Money Getting 'The Greatest Showman in the History of the Universe' reveals his secrets for accumulating vast sums of wealth. He describes how anyone can follow his program and become wealthy. After a highly successful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated Kings and Queens, and used his genius, wit and eloquence P.T. Barnum wrote these golden rules for making money. "In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. In this comparatively new field there are so many avenues of...

"The Humbugs of the World" from Phineas Taylor Barnum. American showman and businessman (1810-1891).

"The Art of Money Getting and Letter to John Greenwood" from Phineas Taylor Barnum. American showman and businessman (1810-1891).