P.T. Barnum: References & Edit History
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Irving Wallace, The Fabulous Showman: The Life and Times of P.T. Barnum (1959); A.H. Saxon, P.T. Barnum: The Legend and the Man (1989); Neil Harris, Humbug, the Art of P.T. Barnum (1973); P.T. Barnum, The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself (1855), Barnum’s Own Story, ed. by W.R. Browne (1927), Struggles and Triumphs; or, The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself, ed. by G.S. Bryan, 2 vol. (1927), the last two works combining material from all versions of Barnum’s autobiography.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: The Barnum Museum - History of PT Barnum. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Barnum - master showman or master of humbug? | May 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Evil Genius with Russell Kane - The Greatest Showman (P.T. Barnum). | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Mary Washington - The Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series - P.T. Barnum. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Barnum Museum - History of PT Barnum. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Down with P.T. Barnum! A Call for Removing a Statute. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - P.T. Barnum - The Greatest Showman on Earth. | Apr 03, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Biography of P.T. Barnum. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Entrepreneurs - Biography of P.T. Barnum. | Nov 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ConnecticutHistory.org - Biography of P. T. Barnum. | Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Barnum Museum - History of PT Barnum. | Feb 18, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 09, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | May 07, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Phineas Taylor Barnum. | Nov 09, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 22, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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