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The Great and Only Barnum
- Author
- Candace Fleming
- Narrator
- Sarah Beth Pfeifer
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 6 May 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here's a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Listeners can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only thirty-nine inches tall) and his tinier bride (thirty-two inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age sixty, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy to the nineteenth century and beyond. This book presents history as it's never been experienced before—a show-stopping event!
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Details
- Author
- Candace Fleming
- Narrator
- Sarah Beth Pfeifer
- Duration
- 4 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331971984
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
Discover the true story of P. T. Barnum, the man who created the world-famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, as featured in the movie The Greatest Showman!The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here's a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Listeners can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only thirty-nine inches tall) and his tinier bride (thirty-two inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age sixty, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy to the nineteenth century and beyond. This book presents history as it's never been experienced before—a show-stopping event!
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