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  • Great Biographies, Book 38
  • By: The History Hour
  • Narrated by: Jerry Beebe
  • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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Summary

Phineas Taylor Barnum was a successful small business owner, entrepreneur, newspaper editor, museum owner, sideshow operator, touring promoter for opera singers, theatrical producer, circus owner, congressman, mayor, and philanthropist. He had an influence on virtually every aspect of American life and it cannot be underestimated.

You will listen about...

  • Well-Spent Youth 
  • The Variety Shows 
  • The American Museum 
  • The Attractions 
  • Jenny Lind 
  • After Jenny Lind 
  • Politics 
  • The Barnum Legacy
  • The Quotable Barnum
  • How We Can Use P. T. Barnum in Our Lives
  • And much more!

Phineas Taylor Barnum’s name has been associated with circus sideshows and freaks and jokes for more than a century, but the truth is that he was a great man and a visionary who shaped the country he loved so much.

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