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The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum

2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Fleming, Candace.
Title:	The great and only Barnum : the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum / by Candace Fleming ; illustrated by Ray Fenwick.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, ©2009.
Description:	151 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 8-12. Middle School. 980 Lexile.
Subjects:	Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891. Circus owners -- United States -- Biography.
Other Author:	Fenwick, Ray, 1976- illustrator.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-145) and index. Accelerated Reader 7.0. Reading Counts! 8.3. A Junior Library Guild selection YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist, 2010.
Contents:	"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.
LCCN:	2008045847
ISBN:	9780375945977 0375945970 9780375841972 0375841970 9780375945977 0375945970 9780375841972 0375841970
Other Number:	270129826
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	650356
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Call Number:	j BIO Barnum

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