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P.T. Barnum

Born

in Bethel, Connecticut, The United States

July 05, 1810

Died

April 07, 1891

Genre

Business & Investing, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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American man Phineas Taylor Barnum established The Greatest Show on Earth in 1871; its major competition in 1881 merged to form the circus of James Anthony Bailey.

Phineas Taylor Barnum, a best remembered entertainer, promoted such celebrated hoaxes as the Feejee mermaid and founded later the Ringling brothers.

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	The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money 3.80 avg rating — 3,173 ratings — published 1880 — 193 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of P.T. Barnum 3.39 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 1855 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barnum's Own Story: The Autobiography of P. T. Barnum 3.82 avg rating — 216 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humbugs of the World 3.61 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1825 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum by P.T. Barnum, Carl Bode (Editor), Raoul Bourdier (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1872 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: Nothing Else Like It in the Universe by P.T. Barnum, James W. Cook (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The True Life of the World's Greatest Showman 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Money Getting and Letter to John Greenwood 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Attract Success & Fortune: 30 Books from the Masters of Self-mastery: The Collected Wisdom from the Greatest Books on Becoming Wealthy & Successful 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lion Jack: A Story Of Perilous Adventures Among Wild Men And The Capturing Of Wild Beasts, Showing How Menageries Are Made 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The noblest art is that of making others happy”
― P.T. Barnum

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“No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.”
― P.T. Barnum

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“Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.”
― P. T. BARNUM

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