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Title
The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum 1st ed.
Author
Fleming, Candace.
Publisher:
Schwartz & Wade Books,
Pub date:
c2009.
Pages:
151 p. :
ISBN:
9780375945977
Item info:
3 copies available at Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield Woods Branch Library, and Pequot Library.
9780375945977
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Fairfield Public Library
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C B BARNUM
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Children's Reading Room
Fairfield Woods Branch Library
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YB BARNUM, P.T.A
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Pequot Library
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JB BAR
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Pequot Library Children's Room
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The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum
1st ed.
Fleming, Candace.
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Personal Author:
Fleming, Candace.
Title:
The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum / by Candace Fleming ; illustrated by Ray Fenwick.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication info:
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2009.
Physical description:
151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
"I am a showman" -- That Barnum boy -- The apprentice showman -- A visit to the American Museum -- Humbug! -- A miniature man and a nightingale -- The man behind the curtain -- Endings and beginnings -- Circus man -- Come to the circus -- The egress.
Summary:
Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy.
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FFLD-MAIN FFLD-WOODS PEQUOT
Personal subject:
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Juvenile literature.
Personal subject:
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
Subject term:
Circus owners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Subject term:
Circus owners--United States--Biography.
Added Entry-Personal Name:
Fenwick, Ray,
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