Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

by P. T. Barnum

Performing Arts Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

90 chapters27h 17mEnglish1872

About this book

The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a museum operator, but an antislavery politician, Connecticut state legislator, Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and temperance lecturer, Barnum lays aside some of the gilding to provide his thoughts on his career, economics, how to make money, and other issues of the day. - Summary by DrPGould

Chapters (89)

1Chapter 1 Early Life

1575

2Chapter 2 Incidents and Anecdotes

1069

3Chapter 3 In Business for Myself

1404

4Chapter 4 Struggles for a Livelihood

1309

5Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 1

964

6Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 2

797

7Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 1

871

8Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 2

1026

9Chapter 7 At the Foot of the Ladder

1236

10Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 1

972

11Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 2

855

12Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 1

944

13Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 2

1352

14Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1

564

15Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 2

992

16Chapter 11 General Tom Thumb in England

1273

17Chapter 12 In France, Part 1

1146

18Chapter 12 In France, Part 2

1335

19Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 1

655

20Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 2

779

21Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 1

736

22Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 2

943

23Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 1

786

24Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 2

905

25Chapter 16 At Home, Part 1

772

26Chapter 16 At Home, Part 2

856

27Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 1

1160

28Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 2

602

29Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 1

973

30Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 2

853

31Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 1

1127

32Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 2

1105

33Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 1

898

34Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 2

833

35Chapter 21 Jenny Lind

1055

36Chapter 22 Close of the Campaign

2280

37Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 1

808

38Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 2

987

39Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 1

620

40Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 2

852

41Chapter 25 The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement

1134

42Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 1

731

43Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 2

850

44Chapter 27 Rest, but not Rust

1012

45Chapter 28 Abroad Again

1143

46Chapter 29 In Germany

1152

47Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 1

582

48Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 2

805

49Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 1

998

50Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 2

1239

51Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 3

1334

52Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 4

1301

53Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 5

911

54Chapter 32 An Enterprising Englishman

1043

55Chapter 33 Richard's Himself Again

1311

56Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 1

1126

57Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 2

1006

58Chapter 35 East Bridgeport

1337

59Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 1

1137

60Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 2

1248

61Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 1

744

62Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 2

913

63Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 3

1357

64Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 1

1227

65Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 2

963

66Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 3

904

67Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 1

1289

68Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 2

1447

69Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 1

1059

70Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 2

1375

71Chapter 41 Bennett and the Herald

1131

72Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 1

847

73Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 2

948

74Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 1

860

75Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 2

900

76Chapter 44 Curious Coincidences--Number Thirteen

954

77Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 1

1471

78Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 2

1315

79Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 3

1370

80Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 4

1439

81Chapter 46 Sea-Side Park

1416

82Chapter 47 Waldemere

1536

83Appendix 1, Part 1

1581

84Appendix 1, Part 2

1460

85Appendix 1, Part 3

2074

86Appendix 1, Part 4

1467

87Appendix 1, Part 5

1324

88Appendix 2, Part 1

1235

89Appendix 2, Part 2

1628

Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

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