Struggles and Triumphs
Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum
$36.46
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
17 December 1981
Summary
Written with the same energy and imagination Barnum brought to all his endeavors, this autobiography is a manual on getting rich, an occasional sermon on the merits of Christianity, and a survey of popular entertainment. When the first version was published in 1855, it became an immediate bestseller. Read today, it is not only a wonderful portrait of the most colorful figure in nineteenth-century American life but also a fascinating document of his times.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140390049 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140390049 |
| Author: | P.T. Barnum, Carl Bode |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 17 December 1981 |
| Weight: | 296g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 27mm |
| Series: | American Library |
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About The Author
P.T. Barnum
Carl Bode is professor emeritus of English/American Studies at the University of Maryland and a freelance writer. He is the founder and first president of the American Studies Association, and past president of the Popular Culture Association and the Mencken Society.
His books include:
- The American Lyceum
- Antebellum Culture
- Mencken
He has edited:
- Collected Poems of Henry Thoreau
- The Best of Thoreau’s Journals
He has co-edited:
- The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau (with Malcolm Cowley)
- The Portable Emerson (with Malcolm Cowley)
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