TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wallace,Irving
TI  - The Fabulous showman: The life and times of P,T. Barnum 
PY  - 1959///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Barnum, P. T.
N1  - With hardcover; For David and Amy with love; Bibliogr.: pp. 256-265 Index: pp. 267-279; Cont.: Gen. Washington's nurse -- Ivy Island -- Mermaid from Feejee -- Twenty-five-inch man -- Chang and Eng -- Swedish nightingale -- Iranistan -- Jerome Clock Company -- White whale -- Jumbo
N2  - This book is a fast-paced, carefully documented, and rich biography of Barnum, the greatest showman of all time, the American from Bethel, Connecticut, whose eccentricities and oblique, cynical approach to humanity transformed entertainment into a big, incredibly profitable business. As bachelor, husband (twice), father, and grandfather, Barnum comes to life in Mr. Wallace's crowded pages, an exceedingly interesting and human man. Here, too, are New York City in all its nineteenth-century color, the London of Queen Victoria, and the Paris of Napoleon III. - Jacket flap
ER  -