Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum — John Shaqi
Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. BarnumBarnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
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Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891; Circus owners -- United States -- Biography
THE FINEST AND FLATTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD--SUPER-CLEANLINESS--HABITS
AND CUSTOMS--“KREMIS”--THE ALBINO FAMILY--THE HAGUE--AUGUST
BELMONT--JAPANESE MUSEUM--MANUFACTURED FABULOUS ANIMALS--A GENEROUS
OFFER--VALUABLE PICTURES--AN ASTONISHED SUPERINTENDENT--BACK TO
ENGLAND--EXHIBITIONS IN MANCHESTER--I RETURN AGAIN TO AMERICA--FUN ON
THE VOYAGE--MOCK TRIALS--BARNUM AS A PROSECUTOR AND AS A PRISONER--COLD
SHOULDERS IN NEW YORK--PREPARING TO MOVE INTO MY OLD HOME--CARELESS
PAINTERS AND CARPENTERS--IRANISTAN BURNED TO THE GROUND--NEXT TO NO
INSURANCE--SALE OF THE PROPERTY--ELIAS HOWE, JR.,......441
CHAP. XXXI.--THE ART OF MONEY GETTING.
BACK ONCE MORE TO ENGLAND--TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND AND WALES--HOW I CAME
TO LECTURE--ADVICE OF MY FRIENDS--MY LECTURE--HOW TO MAKE MONEY AND HOW
TO KEEP IT--WHAT THE PAPERS SAID ABOUT ME--PRAISE OF THE LONDON
PRESS--LECTURING IN THE PROVINCES--PERFORMANCES AT CAMBRIDGE--CALL FOR
JOICE HETH--EXTRAORDINARY FUN AT OXFORD--THE AUDIENCE AND LECTURER
TAKING TURNS--A UNIVERSITY BREAKFAST--MAGNIFICENT OFFER FOR A
COPYRIGHT--SUCCESS OF MY ENTERPRISE--MORE MONEY FOR THE CLOCK
CREDITORS,......456
CHAP. XXXII.--AN ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMAN.
AN ENGLISH YANKEE--MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH HIM--HIS PLANS BASED ON
BARNUM’S BOOK--ADVERTISING FOR PARTNERS--HOW MY RULES MADE HIM
RICH--METHOD IN MADNESS--THE “BARNUM” OF BURY--DINNER TO TOM THUMB AND
COMMODORE NUTT--MY AGENT IN PARIS--MEASURING A MONSTER--HOW GIANTS AND
DWARFS STRETCH AND CONTRACT--AN UNWILLING FRENCHMAN--A PERSISTENT
MEASURER--A GIGANTIC HUMBUG--THE STEAM-ENGINES “BARNUM” AND
“CHARITY”--WHAT “CHARITY” DID FOR “BARNUM”--SELLING THE SAME GOODS A
THOUSAND TIMES--THE GREAT CAKES--SIMNAL SUNDAY--THE SANITARY COMMISSION
FAIR,......506
CHAP. XXXIII.--RICHARD’S HIMSELF AGAIN.
AT HOME--EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE CLOCK DEBTS--A RASCALLY
PROPOSITION--BARNUM ON HIS FEET AGAIN--RE-PURCHASE OF THE MUSEUM--A GALA
DAY--MY RECEPTION BY MY FRIENDS--THE STORY OF MY TROUBLES--HOW I WADED
ASHORE--PROMISES TO THE PUBLIC--THE PUBLIC RESPONSE--MUSEUM
VISITORS--THE RECEIPTS DOUBLED--HOW THE PRESS RECEIVED THE NEWS OF
RESTORATION--THE SYCOPHANTS--OLD AND FAST FRIENDS--ROBERT
BONNER--CONSIDERATION AND COURTESY OF CREDITORS--THE BOSTON SATURDAY
EVENING GAZETTE AGAIN--ANOTHER WORD FOR BARNUM,......516
CHAP. XXXIV.--MENAGERIE AND MUSEUM MEMORANDA.
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