The great and only barnum: the tremendous, stupendous life of showman p. t. barnum, hardcover/candace fleming

Step right upMeet the astounding .

the amazing .

Barnum The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary , Amelia Lost , and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P.

Barnum.

Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, heres a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth.

Readers can visit Barnums American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnums legacy to the 19th century and beyond.

Drawing on old circus posters, photographs, etchings, ticket stubs--and with incredible decorative art by Ray Fenwick--this book presents history as its never been experienced before--a show-stopping event.