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

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

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Number of Chapters: 90

Length: 27 hours and 17 minutes

Language: English

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

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Preface (DrPGould)
Chapter 1 Early Life (Josip B.)
Chapter 2 Incidents and Anecdotes (Josip B.)
Chapter 3 In Business for Myself (Lazlo)
Chapter 4 Struggles for a Livelihood (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 1 (Phil Chenevert)
Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 2 (Phil Chenevert)
Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 7 At the Foot of the Ladder (garybclayton)
Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 1 (garybclayton)
Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 2 (garybclayton)
Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1 (Stephen Marsh)
Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 11 General Tom Thumb in England (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 12 In France, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 12 In France, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 1 (Stephen Marsh)
Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 1 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 2 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 16 At Home, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 16 At Home, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 21 Jenny Lind (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 22 Close of the Campaign (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 1 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 2 (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 1 (garybclayton)
Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 2 (garybclayton)
Chapter 25 The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement (garybclayton)
Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 1 (garybclayton)
Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 2 (garybclayton)
Chapter 27 Rest, but not Rust (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 28 Abroad Again (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 29 In Germany (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 1 (Foon)
Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 2 (Foon)
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 1 (Jared Hinde)
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 2 (Jared Hinde)
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 3 (Jared Hinde)
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 4 (Jared Hinde)
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 5 (Jared Hinde)
Chapter 32 An Enterprising Englishman (StudioMike)
Chapter 33 Richard's Himself Again (StudioMike)
Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 1 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 2 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 35 East Bridgeport (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 1 (BettyB)
Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 2 (BettyB)
Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 3 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 1 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 2 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 3 (Matthew M. Benzing)
Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 1 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 2 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 1 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 2 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 41 Bennett and the Herald (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 1 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 2 (Ciufi Galeazzi)
Chapter 44 Curious Coincidences--Number Thirteen (garybclayton)
Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 1 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 2 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 3 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 4 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Chapter 46 Sea-Side Park (Nancy Gorgen)
Chapter 47 Waldemere (Nancy Gorgen)
Appendix 1, Part 1 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 1, Part 2 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 1, Part 3 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 1, Part 4 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 1, Part 5 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 2, Part 1 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix 2, Part 2 (Lynda Marie Neilson)
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