P. T. Barnum

The Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles of the World

The Story of Their Capture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A beautifully illustrated volume depicting adventures and travels around the world gathering wildlife for zoos and circus. P. T. Barnum was America's greatest showman. This is a fascinating volume which in the back has a section on animal behavior. A highly regarded book of its day originally aimed at young adults when it was published in 1888.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 967g
• ISBN-13: 9781589639584
• ISBN-10: 1589639588
• Artikelnr.: 22182545

Autorenporträt

The American showman, businessman, and politician Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) is best known for his promotion of well-known hoaxes and for co-founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871-2017) with James Anthony Bailey. Although he declared himself: "I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me," he was also a novelist, publisher, and philanthropist. His personal objective, according to his detractors, was "to fill his own coffers with cash." The proverb "There's a sucker born every minute" is often attributed to him, despite the lack of any documentation to support this. Before relocating to New York City in 1834, Barnum launched a weekly newspaper in his early twenties and started a small business. He began his career in show business by joining "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical Theater," a variety troupe, and shortly after that, he bought Scudder's American Museum, which he renamed after himself. He promoted hoaxes and human oddities like the Fiji mermaid and General Tom Thumb using the museum as a platform.