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Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase. (From Wikipedia) More about P. T. Barnum:
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Books by P. T. Barnum Books about P. T. Barnum: Filed under: Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself; Including His Golden Rules for Money-Making.; Brought Up to 1888 (Buffalo, NY: Courier, 1888), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)- Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself (author's edition; Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson and Co., 1872), by P. T. Barnum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum, by Joel Benton (Gutenberg text)
32 additional books about P. T. Barnum in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum ... (Edgewood Publishing Company, 1891), by Joel Benton (page images at HathiTrust)- Trumpets of jubilee: Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, Horace Greeley, P. T. Barnum (Harcourt, Brace & company, 1927), by Constance Rourke (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs: or, The life of P.T. Barnum (A.A. Knopf, 1927), by P. T. Barnum and George S. Bryan (page images at HathiTrust)
- The unknown Barnum (Harper & Brothers, 1927), by Harvey W. Root (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum. (Harcourt, Brace and company, 1923), by M. R. Werner (page images at HathiTrust)
- P. T. Barnum (J. Cape, 1923), by M. R. Werner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum (Garden City publishing company, inc., 1926), by M. R. Werner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs (American News Co., 1871), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of P.T. Barnum (Courier Co., 1888), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum (J.B. Burr, 1869), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of P.T. Barnum : written by himself. (Redfield, 1855), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of P.T. Barnum. (Courier Co. Printers, 1886), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum's parnassus: (D. Appleton & company;, 1850), by William Allen Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
- P. T. Barnum, the world's showman, his life and career (Diprose & Bateman, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of P.T. Barnum (Edgewood Publishing Co., 1891), by Joel Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (Warren, Johnson & Co., 1873), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of Barnum, the world-renowned showman his early life and struggles, bold ventures and brilliant successes, wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated kings, queens, nobility and millions of people; his genius, wit, eloquence, public benefactor, life as a citizen, etc., etc. ... (J.S. Brown, 1890), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- A unique story of a marvellous career: life of Phineas T. Barnum (Union Publishing House, 1891), by Joel Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs, or Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum (The Courier co., 1875), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- How I made millions : the life of P.T. Barnum (G.W. Dillingham ;, 1888), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum. (Courier company, 1883), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (Courier, 1880), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs; or, Forty years' recollections. (Warren, Johnson & co., 1872), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (J.B. Burr, 1870), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of Barnum : the world-renowed showman : his early life and struggles; bold ventures and brilliant successes; wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes; captivated kings, queens, nobility and millions of people; his genius, wit, eloquence, public benefactor, life as a citizen, etc., etc. : a remarkable story, abounding in facinating incidents, thrilling episodes, and marvelous achievements (McDermid & Logan, 1891), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs; or, Forty years' recollections. (Warren, Johnson & Co., 1873), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of Barnum : the world-renowned showman ... (Waverly Publishing Co., 1890), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- A unique story of a marvelous career. : Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum. : Comprising his boyhood, youth, vicissitudes of early years; his Herculean struggles, brilliant enterprises, astonishing successes, disastrous losses, Napoleonic triumphs; his reception by kings, queens, emperors and nobility everywhere; his genius, wit, generosity, eloquence, Christianity, &c., &c., (Edgewood Publishing Company., 1891), by Joel Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum returns, or, The New American Museum : The Great Barnum returns with a museum, containing 200 years of American vaudeville (Play Bureau, Federal Theatre Project, 1938), by Katharine Clugston and Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Play Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
- Struggles and triumphs: or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum. (Courier company, 1876), by P. T. Barnum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, by M. R. Werner (Gutenberg ebook)
- Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, by P. T. Barnum (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by P. T. Barnum: - Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Art of Money Getting
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The Humbugs of the World (New York: Carleton, 1866)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The Humbugs of the World (London: J. C. Hotten, 1866) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself; Including His Golden Rules for Money-Making.; Brought Up to 1888 (Buffalo, NY: Courier, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself (author's edition; Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson and Co., 1872) (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by P. T. Barnum in the extended shelves:- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Annual address, delivered before the Fairfield agricultural society, at Bridgeport, Conn., October 10, 1849 ... (Van Norden & Amerman, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Architectural hand book with practical rules for finishing natural, artificial, grained or painted woods and surfaces (The Company, 1888), also by David B. Crockett Company (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The autobiography of P.T. Barnum: clerk, merchant, editor, & showman... (Ward & Lock, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Barnum, puffarnes konung : en sjelf-biografi... Översättning. (P. G. Berg, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Barnum's Grand Roman Hippodrome (Wm. A. Pond, 1874), also by W. J. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Barnum's own story for the boys and girls of America. Natural history from a new standpoint, presenting a complete and thorough study of the nature, habits and characteristics of the beasts, birds and reptiles of the earth together with the story of their capture in their native wilds, combining science, narrative and adventure... (The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Die "Jenny Lind-Spekulation;" (Hauser-Presse (H. Schaefer), 1927), also by Otto Ernst Sutter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Dollars and sense ; or, How to get on. (Eastern publishing co., 1890), also by Henry M. Hunt and Selden R. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Dollars and sense, or, How to get on : the whole secret in a nutshell (People's Pub. Co., 1890), also by Henry M. Hunt and Selden R. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: El arte de hacer milliones (Viuda de R. Serra, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Forest and jungle : or thrilling adventures in all quarters of the globe ; an illustrated history of the animal kingdom (The Werner Company, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum. (Warren, Johnson, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum. (Courier company, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: History of animals and leading curiosities : and a guide to P.T. Barnum's greatest of all great shows and colosseum of natural history and art (Press of the Courier Company, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: How I made millions : the life of P.T. Barnum (G.W. Dillingham ;, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: How to get rich (J.F. Spofford, 1888), also by Benjamin F. Butler, Russell Sage, Henry H. Faxon, Asa P. Potter, Russell Sage, Erastus Wiman, Charles A. Pillsbury, Henry H. Faxon, and Oliver Ames (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The humbugs of the world (John Camden Hotten, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The humbugs of the world An account of humbugs, delusions,impositions, quackeries, deceits and deceivers generally, in all ages. (Carleton, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The king of the animal kingdom : how he caught, tamed and ruled his subjects ; natural history from a new standpoint ... (R.S. Peale, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Les blagues de l'univers (Achille Faure, 1866), also by Alexandre Vattemare, Jules Bobin, Charles de Mandre, and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life and adventures of P.J. Barnum, clerk, merchant, editor, and showman with his rules for business and making a fortune. (Ward and Lock, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life of Barnum : the world-renowed showman : his early life and struggles; bold ventures and brilliant successes; wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes; captivated kings, queens, nobility and millions of people; his genius, wit, eloquence, public benefactor, life as a citizen, etc., etc. : a remarkable story, abounding in facinating incidents, thrilling episodes, and marvelous achievements (McDermid & Logan, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life of Barnum : the world-renowned showman ... (Waverly Publishing Co., 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life of Barnum, the world-renowned showman his early life and struggles, bold ventures and brilliant successes, wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated kings, queens, nobility and millions of people; his genius, wit, eloquence, public benefactor, life as a citizen, etc., etc. ... (J.S. Brown, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Life of P. T. Barnum. (Sampson Low, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life of P.T. Barnum (Courier Co., 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Life of P.T. Barnum. (Courier Co. Printers, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The life of P.T. Barnum : written by himself. (Redfield, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Lion Jack : a story of perilous adventures among wild men and the capturing of wild beasts, showing how menageries are made (G.W. Carlton, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: P. T. Barnum's Menagerie, also by Sarah J. Burke (Gutenberg ebook)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Parnassus; being confidential disclosures of the prize committee on the Jenny Lind song : with specimens of the leading American poets in the happiest effulgence of their genius. (D. Appleton, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: P.T. Barnum's menagerie (New York and London: White & Allen, n.d.), ed. by Sarah J Burke (page images at Florida)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Sights and wonders in New York : including a description of the mysteries, miracles, marvels, phenomena, curiosities, and nondescripts, contained in that great congress of wonders, Barnum's Museum : also, a memoir of Barnum himself ..., a likeness and history of General Tom Thumb ... (J.S. Redfield, 1849), also by Seymour B. Durst, Westerly Public Library (R.I.), and Barnum's American Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs (American News Co., 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs; or, Fifty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum (The Courier company, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs; or, Forty years' recollections. (Warren, Johnson & co., 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs; or, Forty years' recollections. (Warren, Johnson & Co., 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (Warren, Johnson & Co., 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (The Courier company, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (Courier, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum (J.B. Burr, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs: or, Forty years' recollections of P. T. Barnum. (Courier company, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum (Gutenberg ebook)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs; : or, Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum. (Warren, Johnson & co., 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum (J.B. Burr, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs, or Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum (The Courier co., 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs, or Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum written by himself. (Warren, Johnson, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: Struggles and triumphs: or, The life of P.T. Barnum (A.A. Knopf, 1927), also by George S. Bryan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The swindlers of America : Who they are and how they work : Containing also The secret of making money, or, How to get rich. (J.S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The wild beasts, birds and reptiles of the world: the story of their capture. (R.S. Peale & Company, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891: The wild beasts, birds and reptiles of the world: the story of their capture. (Saalfield, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
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