A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
by Joel Benton
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Benton, Joel, 1832-1911
- Credits
- Scanned by Charles Keller with OmniPage Professional OCR
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Barnum's American Museum
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 1576
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1576
- Release Date
- December 1, 1998
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. IN THE BEGINNING. Family and Birth—School Life—His First Visit to New York City—A Landed Proprietor—The Ethics of Trade—Farm Work and Keeping Store—Meeting-house and Sunday-school—"The One Thing Needful."
- 3.CHAPTER I. IN THE BEGINNING. — CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS AT BETHEL. — CHAPTER III. BUSINESS LIFE. — CHAPTER IV. TRYING MANY VENTURES. — CHAPTER V. BEGINNING AS A SHOWMAN. — CHAPTER VI. INCIDENTS OF A CIRCUS TOUR. — CHAPTER VII. HARD TIMES. — CHAPTER VIII. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. — CHAPTER IX. INCREASED POPULARITY OF THE MUSEUM. — CHAPTER X. GIANTS AND DWARFS. — CHAPTER XI. TOM THUMB IN LONDON. — CHAPTER XII. IN FRANCE. — CHAPTER XIII. IN BELGIUM. — CHAPTER XIV. IN ENGLAND AGAIN. — CHAPTER XV. AT HOME. — CHAPTER XVI. JENNY LIND. — CHAPTER XVII. ARRIVAL OF JENNY LIND. — CHAPTER XVIII. CONTINUED TRIUMPH. — CHAPTER XIX. HAVANA. — CHAPTER XX. THE TRIALS OF AN IMPRESSARIO. — CHAPTER XXI. CLOSING THE GRAND TOUR. — CHAPTER XXII. A FEW SIDE ISSUES. — CHAPTER XXIII. SOME DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES. — CHAPTER XXIV. THE JEROME CLOCK COMPANY. — CHAPTER XXV. THE WHEAT AND THE CHAFF. — CHAPTER XXVI. IDLENESS WITHOUT REST. — CHAPTER XXVII. A PROSPEROUS EXILE. — CHAPTER XXVIII. HOME AGAIN. — CHAPTER XXIX. THE ART OF MONEY GETTING. — CHAPTER XXX. AN ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMAN. — CHAPTER XXXI. AT HOME AGAIN. — CHAPTER XXXII. THE STORY OF "GRIZZLY ADAMS." — CHAPTER XXXIII. BUILDING A CITY. — CHAPTER XXXIV. GREAT YEAR AT THE MUSEUM. — CHAPTER XXXV. GENERAL AND MRS. TOM THUMB. — CHAPTER XXXVI. POLITICAL NOTES. — CHAPTER XXXVII. BURNING OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. POLITICAL LIFE. — CHAPTER XXXIX. FIGHTING A NEWSPAPER — CHAPTER XL. BRIDGEPORT. — CHAPTER XLI. HONORS AND ADULATIONS. — SOME REMINISCENCES OF P. T. BARNUM
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