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P. T. Barnum
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American showman and politician (1810–1891)

Also known as: Barnum, Barnum and Bailey, P.T. Barnum, Phineas Barnum, Phineas T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum

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Known works

  • The art of money getting, or, Golden rules for money getting
  • P.T. Barnum's menagerie
  • Struggles and triumphs, or, Forty years' recollections (1873)
  • Selected letters of P. T. Barnum
  • Auto-biography of Barnum