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

P. T. Barnum (1810 - 1891)

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

Genre(s): Performing Arts, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	DrPGould	00:05:24
Play 01	Chapter 1 Early Life	Josip B.	00:26:15
Play 02	Chapter 2 Incidents and Anecdotes	Josip B.	00:17:49
Play 03	Chapter 3 In Business for Myself	Lazlo	00:23:24
Play 04	Chapter 4 Struggles for a Livelihood	Nancy Gorgen	00:21:49
Play 05	Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 1	Phil Chenevert	00:16:04
Play 06	Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 2	Phil Chenevert	00:13:17
Play 07	Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:31
Play 08	Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:17:06
Play 09	Chapter 7 At the Foot of the Ladder	garybclayton	00:20:36
Play 10	Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:16:12
Play 11	Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:15
Play 12	Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 1	garybclayton	00:15:44
Play 13	Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 2	garybclayton	00:22:32
Play 14	Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1	Stephen Marsh	00:09:24
Play 15	Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:16:32
Play 16	Chapter 11 General Tom Thumb in England	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:21:13
Play 17	Chapter 12 In France, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:19:06
Play 18	Chapter 12 In France, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:22:15
Play 19	Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 1	Stephen Marsh	00:10:55
Play 20	Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:12:59
Play 21	Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 1	Matthew M. Benzing	00:12:16
Play 22	Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 2	Matthew M. Benzing	00:15:43
Play 23	Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:13:06
Play 24	Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:15:05
Play 25	Chapter 16 At Home, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:12:52
Play 26	Chapter 16 At Home, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:14:16
Play 27	Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:19:20
Play 28	Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:10:02
Play 29	Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:16:13
Play 30	Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:14:13
Play 31	Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:18:47
Play 32	Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:18:25
Play 33	Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:14:58
Play 34	Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:13:53
Play 35	Chapter 21 Jenny Lind	Nancy Gorgen	00:17:35
Play 36	Chapter 22 Close of the Campaign	Nancy Gorgen	00:38:00
Play 37	Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 1	Nancy Gorgen	00:13:28
Play 38	Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 2	Nancy Gorgen	00:16:27
Play 39	Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 1	garybclayton	00:10:20
Play 40	Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 2	garybclayton	00:14:12
Play 41	Chapter 25 The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement	garybclayton	00:18:54
Play 42	Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 1	garybclayton	00:12:11
Play 43	Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 2	garybclayton	00:14:10
Play 44	Chapter 27 Rest, but not Rust	Nancy Gorgen	00:16:52
Play 45	Chapter 28 Abroad Again	Nancy Gorgen	00:19:03
Play 46	Chapter 29 In Germany	Nancy Gorgen	00:19:12
Play 47	Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 1	Foon	00:09:42
Play 48	Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 2	Foon	00:13:25
Play 49	Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 1	Jared Hinde	00:16:38
Play 50	Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 2	Jared Hinde	00:20:39
Play 51	Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 3	Jared Hinde	00:22:14
Play 52	Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 4	Jared Hinde	00:21:41
Play 53	Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 5	Jared Hinde	00:15:11
Play 54	Chapter 32 An Enterprising Englishman	StudioMike	00:17:23
Play 55	Chapter 33 Richard's Himself Again	StudioMike	00:21:51
Play 56	Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 1	Matthew M. Benzing	00:18:46
Play 57	Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 2	Matthew M. Benzing	00:16:46
Play 58	Chapter 35 East Bridgeport	Nancy Gorgen	00:22:17
Play 59	Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 1	BettyB	00:18:57
Play 60	Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 2	BettyB	00:20:48
Play 61	Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:12:24
Play 62	Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:15:13
Play 63	Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 3	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:22:37
Play 64	Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 1	Matthew M. Benzing	00:20:27
Play 65	Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 2	Matthew M. Benzing	00:16:03
Play 66	Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 3	Matthew M. Benzing	00:15:04
Play 67	Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 1	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:21:29
Play 68	Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 2	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:24:07
Play 69	Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 1	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:17:39
Play 70	Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 2	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:22:55
Play 71	Chapter 41 Bennett and the Herald	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:18:51
Play 72	Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:07
Play 73	Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:15:48
Play 74	Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 1	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:14:20
Play 75	Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 2	Ciufi Galeazzi	00:15:00
Play 76	Chapter 44 Curious Coincidences--Number Thirteen	garybclayton	00:15:54
Play 77	Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 1	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:24:31
Play 78	Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 2	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:21:55
Play 79	Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 3	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:22:50
Play 80	Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 4	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:23:59
Play 81	Chapter 46 Sea-Side Park	Nancy Gorgen	00:23:36
Play 82	Chapter 47 Waldemere	Nancy Gorgen	00:25:36
Play 83	Appendix 1, Part 1	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:26:21
Play 84	Appendix 1, Part 2	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:24:20
Play 85	Appendix 1, Part 3	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:34:34
Play 86	Appendix 1, Part 4	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:24:27
Play 87	Appendix 1, Part 5	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:22:04
Play 88	Appendix 2, Part 1	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:20:35
Play 89	Appendix 2, Part 2	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:27:08

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