02244cam a2200433 i 4500 345720378 TxAuBib 20100122120000.0 081104s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008045847 9780375945977 reinforced 0375945970 reinforced 9780375841972 hardcover 0375841970 hardcover (OCoLC)270129826 DLC DLC BTCTA TEF JP3 IG# VP@ TxAuBib rda Fleming, Candace. The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum / by Candace Fleming ; illustrated by Ray Fenwick. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2009] ©2009. 151 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-145) and index. "I am a showman" -- That Barnum boy -- The apprentice showman -- A visit to the American Museum -- Humbug! -- A miniature man and a nightingale -- The man behind the curtain -- Endings and beginnings -- Circus man -- Come to the circus -- The egress. 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. Ages 8-12. 20180806. A Junior Library Guild selection. MSU--ALA, Notable Children's Books, 2010; ALA, Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2010. 3POK -- Donated by Friends of Starkville Public Library. Barnum, P. T Phineas Taylor 1810-1891 Juvenile literature. Barnum, P. T Phineas Taylor 1810-1891. Circus owners United States Biography Juvenile literature. Circus owners United States Biography. Fenwick, Ray, illustrator.