| Authors: |
Fleming, Candace.
Fenwick, Ray,
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| Material type: |
Biography |
| Subject: |
Circus owners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Barnum, P. T.(Phineas Taylor),1810-1891 -- Juvenile literature.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2009. |
| Description: |
151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780375945977 0375945970 9780375841972 0375841970 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-145) and index. |
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A Junior Library Guild selection. |
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| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
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| 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. |