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c2011., Steerforth Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Phineas T. Barnum's arrival in New York in 1842 has a dramatic effect on the lives of museum taxidermist Emile Guillaudeu and professional giantess Ana Swift, as they participate, one unwillingly, in Barnum's vision of transforming a natural history museum into a popular attraction for public imagination.
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c2005., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Call No: E PRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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-- 21 elephants and still standingc2005., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Call No: Easy PRINCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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2020., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL F NOY Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Much has been written about P. T. Barnum -- legendary showman, entrepreneur, marketing genius, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century personalities. For those who lived in Barnum's shadow, however, life was complex. P. T. Barnum's two families -- his family at home, including his two wives and his daughters, and his family at work, including Little People, a giantess, an opera singer, and many sideshow entertainers -- suffered greatly from his cruelty and exploitation. Yet, at the same time, some of his performers, such as General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), became wealthy celebrities who were admired and feted by presidents and royalty. In this collection of interlinked stories illustrated with archival photographs, Deborah Noyes digs deep into what is known about the people in Barnum's orbit and imagines their personal lives, putting front and center the complicated joy and pain of what it meant to be one of Barnum's "creatures."
