{"id":1184,"date":"2011-03-09T20:43:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T20:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.fredib.com\/wordpress3\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2011-03-09T20:43:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T20:43:05","slug":"p-t-barnum-bibliography-and-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/barnum-and-related-items\/p-t-barnum-bibliography-and-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibliography and Sources:  P.T. Barnum"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Struggles and triumphs, or, Forty years&#8217; recollections of P. T. Barnum<\/span>.\u00a0 Written by himself.\u00a0 Author&#8217;s edition. (Biography complete to April, 1871.)\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 American News Company, 1871. vii, 856 p. illus. 20 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635b]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The life of P. T. Barnum<\/span>.\u00a0 Written by himself, including his golden rules for money-making. \u00a0Brought up to 1888. Buffalo, N. Y.:\u00a0\u00a0 The Courier Co., 1888. 357 p. illus. 19cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635b5]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum<\/span> , by Joel Benton.\u00a0 [Philadelphia]:\u00a0 Edgewood Publ. Co., 1891. \u00a0621 p.: front., plates, ports. ; 20 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes:\u00a0 \u00a0At head of title: A unique story of a marvelous career.<\/p>\n[HCB B2635bn]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barnum<\/span>, by M.R. Werner.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0\u00a0 Harcourt, Brace [c1923].\u00a0 viii, 381 p. illus., facsim., plates, ports. 23 cm. Bibliography:\u00a0 p. 373-376.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[XHCB B2635w]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barnum<\/span> \/ traduit par A. Tougard de Boismilon.\u00a0 Paris:\u00a0 Payot, 1924.\u00a0 [ix]-xiii, [15]-349 p., 1 leaf ; 19 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes: \u00a0\u00a0M.R. Werner.\u00a0 On cover: 3. mille.<\/p>\n[B B2635w]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trumpets of jubilee: Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, Horace Greeley, P.T. Barnum<\/span>, by Constance Mayfield Rourke.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0\u00a0 Harcourt, Brace &amp; Company [c1927].\u00a0 xiv, 445 p. pl., ports. 24 cm.\u00a0 Bibliography:\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;A note on sources&#8221;: p. 435-437.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[920.07 R86]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The unknown Barnum<\/span>, by Harvey W. Root.\u00a0 New York; London:\u00a0\u00a0 Harper, 1927. vii, 376 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635r2]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The fabulous showman; the life and times of P.T. Barnum<\/span>, by Irving Wallace.\u00a0\u00a0 New York:\u00a0\u00a0 Knopf [c1959]. 279 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.\u00a0 Bibliography: \u00a0p. [256]-265.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[HCB B2635wa]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barnum in London<\/span>, by Raymond Fitzsimons.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0\u00a0 St. Martin&#8217;s Press [1970]. 179 p. plates, ports. 23 cm.\u00a0 Bibliography:\u00a0 p. 170-173.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635f]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barnum&#8217;s own story; the autobiography of P. T. Barnum, combined &amp;\u00a0 condensed from the various editions published during his lifetime<\/span>,\u00a0 by Waldo R. Browne.\u00a0 Gloucester, Mass.:\u00a0\u00a0 P. Smith, 1972.\u00a0 xii, 452 p. illus. 22 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635b4 1972 ed.]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Humbug; the art of P. T. Barnum<\/span> by Neil Harris.\u00a0\u00a0 Edition [1st ed.]\u00a0 Boston:\u00a0\u00a0 Little, Brown [1973].\u00a0 xiv, 337 p. illus. 25 cm.\u00a0 Bibliography: p. [297]-303.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[HCBB2635h]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P. T. Barnum presents Jenny Lind : the American tour of th Swedish Nightingale<\/span>, by W. Porter Ware and Thaddeus C. Lockard, Jr.\u00a0 Baton Rouge:\u00a0 Louisiana State University Press, c1980. 204 p.: \u00a0ill.; 24 cm.\u00a0\u00a0 Notes:\u00a0 Includes index.\u00a0 \u00a0Bibliography: \u00a0p. 197-200.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[782.1092 L742w]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Struggles and triumphs, or, Forty years&#8217; recollections of P.T. Barnum<\/span>, written by himself,\u00a0 edited and abridged with an introduction by Carl Bode.\u00a0 New York, N.Y.: \u00a0Penguin Books, 1981.\u00a0 394 p.; 19 cm.\u00a0 Series:\u00a0 The Penguin American library Penguin American library.\u00a0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 35).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[B B2635b]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Selected letters of P.T. Barnum<\/span>, edited and introduced by A.H. Saxon.\u00a0\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Columbia University Press, 1983.\u00a0 xxxv, 351 p.:\u00a0 ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.\u00a0 Includes bliographical references and index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[816 B263s]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barnum<\/span> \/ par lui-m^eme ; lettres choisies et presentees par A.H. Saxon ;\u00a0 traduites de l&#8217;americain par L.R. Dauven.\u00a0 Sorvilier [Switzerland]:\u00a0 \u00a0Editions de la Gardine, 1986. xxi, [267] p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 22 x 23 cm. \u00a0Collection Le Cirque et l&#8217;homme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: \u00a0\u00a0Includes index.\u00a0 &#8220;Exemplaire: XXXIII&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;L&#8217;edition originale a ete limitee a 1000 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 1000 et 100 exemplaires hors commerce numerotes de I a C<\/p>\n<p>destines aux proprietaires de lettres et photos originales &#8230;&#8221;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Colophon.<\/p>\n[816 B263s2]\n<ul>\n<li>P.T. Barnum: \u00a0the legend and the man \/ A.H. Saxon.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Columbia University Press, c1989. xii, 437 p., [53] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes:\u00a0 \u00a0Includes index.\u00a0 \u00a0Bibliography: \u00a0p. [345]-423.<\/p>\n[HCB B2635a]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P. T. Barnum : the world&#8217;s greatest showman<\/span>, by Alice Fleming.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Walker and Co., c1993.\u00a0 vi, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography includes bibliographical references and index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[HCB B2635fL]\n<ul>\n<li><em><em>P. T. Barnum<\/em><\/em><p><em>: American dreamer<\/em>, produced by History Television Network Productions, H-TV.\u00a0\u00a0 New York, NY:\u00a0 A&amp;E Home Video, c1994.\u00a0 1 videocassette (50 min.:\u00a0 sd., col. with b&amp;w sequences ; 1\/2 in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes: \u00a0\u00a0Videocassette release of an episode of the television series, Biography.<\/p>\n<p>VHS.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:\u00a0 Associate producers, John Griffin and Dave Snyder; executive producers, Susan E. Leventhal, Michael Cascio and William Harris; producer\/director, Andrea Black.\u00a0 Performers: \u00a0\u00a0Jack Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>Summary: \u00a0\u00a0An entrepreneur with an extraordinary vision of entertainment, P. T.\u00a0 Barnum didn&#8217;t invent the circus, he reinvented it. Barnum took the most exciting human and animal acts he could find, put them in a three-ring setting, and electrified America. Here are Barnum&#8217;s little-known forays into other careers as well, including politics, newspaper publishing, museums and land development.<\/p>\n<p>Genre: \u00a0\u00a0Documentary television programs.\u00a0 Video cassettes.<\/p>\n[B B2635p BPL-VC 9095]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P.T. Barnum : America&#8217;s greatest showman<\/span>,\u00a0 by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III, and Peter W. Kunhardt.\u00a0 \u00a01st ed. \u00a0New York: \u00a0Knopf, c1995. ix, 358 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes: \u00a0\u00a0&#8220;A Borzoi book&#8221;&#8211;CIP t. p. verso. \u00a0Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index.<\/p>\n[HC B B2635k]\n<ul>\n<li><em><em>P. T. Barnum<\/em><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Vertical File, Bridgeport History Center, Subject:\u00a0 \u201cBiog.\u00a0 BARNUM, P.T.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper Clippings, Bridgeport History Center, Subject:\u00a0 \u201cBiog.\u00a0 BARNUM, P.T.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper Clippings, Bridgeport History Center, Subject:\u00a0 CIRCUS<\/li>\n<li>Manuscripts Collection, Bridgeport History Center<\/li>\n<li>Photograph Collection, Bridgeport History Center<\/li>\n<li>Circus Book Collection, Bridgeport History Center, various<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggles and triumphs, or, Forty years&#8217; recollections of P. T. Barnum.\u00a0 Written by himself.\u00a0 Author&#8217;s edition. (Biography complete to April, 1871.)\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 American News Company, 1871. vii, 856 p. illus. 20 cm. [B B2635b] The life of P. T. Barnum.\u00a0 Written by himself, including his golden rules for money-making. \u00a0Brought up to 1888. 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