The unknown Barnum /
Root, Harvey W.
The unknown Barnum / By Harvey W. Root. - First edition - New York : Harper & Brothers, 1927. - 379 p. : ill., portraits ; 23 cm.
With hardcover
Cont.: Early days in Bethel -- Spreading horizons -- Restless years -- An adventure in journalism -- Groping toward his calling -- The itinerant showman -- A ladder to fortune -- Exploiting the diminutive -- A harbinger of opera -- An abuse of confidence -- When Barnum was mayor -- Barnum as legislator -- The advertising pioneer -- On the platform -- An object lesson in publicity -- Gentleman farmer -- Varied homes -- The universalist -- The Bridgeport citizen -- Barnumisms -- Humbugging -- The greatest show on earth -- A famous elephant -- A London triumph -- Ebb tide.
Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891 (Phineas Taylor),
The unknown Barnum / By Harvey W. Root. - First edition - New York : Harper & Brothers, 1927. - 379 p. : ill., portraits ; 23 cm.
With hardcover
Cont.: Early days in Bethel -- Spreading horizons -- Restless years -- An adventure in journalism -- Groping toward his calling -- The itinerant showman -- A ladder to fortune -- Exploiting the diminutive -- A harbinger of opera -- An abuse of confidence -- When Barnum was mayor -- Barnum as legislator -- The advertising pioneer -- On the platform -- An object lesson in publicity -- Gentleman farmer -- Varied homes -- The universalist -- The Bridgeport citizen -- Barnumisms -- Humbugging -- The greatest show on earth -- A famous elephant -- A London triumph -- Ebb tide.
Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891 (Phineas Taylor),