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

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

P. T. Barnum

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

Year of Publication: 1872Genres: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) , Performing Arts
Running Time: 27 hours 17 minutes 07 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
Preface
DrPGould
5:24
2
The Nights
Chapter 1 Early Life
Josip B.
26:15
3
The Nights
Chapter 2 Incidents and Anecdotes
Josip B.
17:49
4
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Chapter 3 In Business for Myself
Lazlo
23:24
5
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Chapter 4 Struggles for a Livelihood
Nancy Gorgen
21:49
6
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Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 1
Phil Chenevert
16:04
7
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Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 2
Phil Chenevert
13:17
8
The Nights
Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 1
Ciufi Galeazzi
14:31
9
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Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 2
Ciufi Galeazzi
17:06
10
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Chapter 7 At the Foot of the Ladder
garybclayton
20:36
11
The Nights
Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 1
Ciufi Galeazzi
16:12
12
The Nights
Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 2
Ciufi Galeazzi
14:15
13
The Nights
Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 1
garybclayton
15:44
14
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Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 2
garybclayton
22:32
15
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Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1
Stephen Marsh
9:24
16
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Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
16:32
17
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Chapter 11 General Tom Thumb in England
Ciufi Galeazzi
21:13
18
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Chapter 12 In France, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
19:06
19
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Chapter 12 In France, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
22:15
20
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Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 1
Stephen Marsh
10:55
21
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Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
12:59
22
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Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 1
Matthew M. Benzing
12:16
23
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Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 2
Matthew M. Benzing
15:43
24
The Nights
Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
13:06
25
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Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
15:05
26
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Chapter 16 At Home, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
12:52
27
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Chapter 16 At Home, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
14:16
28
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Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
19:20
29
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Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
10:02
30
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Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
16:13
31
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Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
14:13
32
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Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
18:47
33
The Nights
Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
18:25
34
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Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
14:58
35
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Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
13:53
36
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Chapter 21 Jenny Lind
Nancy Gorgen
17:35
37
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Chapter 22 Close of the Campaign
Nancy Gorgen
38:00
38
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Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 1
Nancy Gorgen
13:28
39
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Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 2
Nancy Gorgen
16:27
40
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Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 1
garybclayton
10:20
41
The Nights
Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 2
garybclayton
14:12
42
The Nights
Chapter 25 The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement
garybclayton
18:54
43
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Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 1
garybclayton
12:11
44
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Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 2
garybclayton
14:10
45
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Chapter 27 Rest, but not Rust
Nancy Gorgen
16:52
46
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Chapter 28 Abroad Again
Nancy Gorgen
19:03
47
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Chapter 29 In Germany
Nancy Gorgen
19:12
48
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Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 1
Foon
9:42
49
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Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 2
Foon
13:25
50
The Nights
Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 1
Jared Hinde
16:38
51
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Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 2
Jared Hinde
20:39
52
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Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 3
Jared Hinde
22:14
53
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Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 4
Jared Hinde
21:41
54
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Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 5
Jared Hinde
15:11
55
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Chapter 32 An Enterprising Englishman
StudioMike
17:23
56
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Chapter 33 Richard's Himself Again
StudioMike
21:51
57
The Nights
Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 1
Matthew M. Benzing
18:46
58
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Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 2
Matthew M. Benzing
16:46
59
The Nights
Chapter 35 East Bridgeport
Nancy Gorgen
22:17
60
The Nights
Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 1
BettyB
18:57
61
The Nights
Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 2
BettyB
20:48
62
The Nights
Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 1
Ciufi Galeazzi
12:24
63
The Nights
Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 2
Ciufi Galeazzi
15:13
64
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Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 3
Ciufi Galeazzi
22:37
65
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Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 1
Matthew M. Benzing
20:27
66
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Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 2
Matthew M. Benzing
16:03
67
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Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 3
Matthew M. Benzing
15:04
68
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Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 1
Lynda Marie Neilson
21:29
69
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Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 2
Lynda Marie Neilson
24:07
70
The Nights
Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 1
Lynda Marie Neilson
17:39
71
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Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 2
Lynda Marie Neilson
22:55
72
The Nights
Chapter 41 Bennett and the Herald
Ciufi Galeazzi
18:51
73
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Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 1
Ciufi Galeazzi
14:07
74
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Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 2
Ciufi Galeazzi
15:48
75
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Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 1
Ciufi Galeazzi
14:20
76
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Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 2
Ciufi Galeazzi
15:00
77
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Chapter 44 Curious Coincidences--Number Thirteen
garybclayton
15:54
78
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Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 1
Lynda Marie Neilson
24:31
79
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Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 2
Lynda Marie Neilson
21:55
80
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Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 3
Lynda Marie Neilson
22:50
81
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Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 4
Lynda Marie Neilson
23:59
82
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Chapter 46 Sea-Side Park
Nancy Gorgen
23:36
83
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Chapter 47 Waldemere
Nancy Gorgen
25:36
84
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Appendix 1, Part 1
Lynda Marie Neilson
26:21
85
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Appendix 1, Part 2
Lynda Marie Neilson
24:20
86
The Nights
Appendix 1, Part 3
Lynda Marie Neilson
34:34
87
The Nights
Appendix 1, Part 4
Lynda Marie Neilson
24:27
88
The Nights
Appendix 1, Part 5
Lynda Marie Neilson
22:04
89
The Nights
Appendix 2, Part 1
Lynda Marie Neilson
20:35
90
The Nights
Appendix 2, Part 2
Lynda Marie Neilson
27:08

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