Barnum's Own Story

Barnum's Own StoryP. T. Barnum's career of showmanship and charlatanry was marked by a surprising undercurrent of honesty and forthrightness. His exuberant autobiography forms a happy combination of all those traits, revealing the whole story of his world famous hoaxes and publicity stunts. Here is a pageant of nineteenth century America's gullibility and thirst for marvels, as told by the master of revels himself. A born storyteller, Barnum recalls his association

and consulted his opinion

American city planning

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Sixteen shocking tales--teeming with sinister figures

as well as finely worked trophées

for these seemingly trivial diversions occupied some of history's great mathematical minds

A swashbuckling classic that brims with stolen treasure and adventure on the high seas

the resulting history is doubly indispensable — equally useful and delightful to serious and casual readers

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scholars have tended to dismiss the mathematics of the ancient Egyptians as "child's play