The Art of Money Getting (Applewood Books) - Softcover

Barnum, Phineas T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557094942 ISBN 13: 9781557094940

Publisher: Applewood Books, 1999

Synopsis

Wealth Secrets from the Greatest Showman

After a wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated Kings and Queens, and used his genius, wit and eloquence to entertain millions, P.T. Barnum wrote golden rules for making money. Published in 1880, the Greatest Showman’s The Art of Money Getting reveals his secrets for accumulating vast sums of wealth and issues a program anyone can follow to become rich. Join Barnum and discover a historical treasure of America’s unceasing chase for personal wealth. 

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About the Author

Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American politician, showman, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Although Barnum was also an author, publisher, philanthropist, and for some time a politician, he said of himself, "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me", and his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". Barnum is widely, but erroneously, credited with coining the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute".

Born in Bethel, Connecticut, Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties, and founded a weekly newspaper, before moving to New York City in 1834. He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical Theater", and soon after by purchasing Scudder's American Museum, which he renamed after himself. Barnum used the museum as a platform to promote hoaxes and human curiosities such as the Feejee mermaid and General Tom Thumb. In 1850 he promoted the American tour of singer Jenny Lind, paying her an unprecedented $1,000 a night for 150 nights.

Barnum served two terms in the Connecticut legislature in 1865 as a Republican for Fairfield. With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over slavery and African-American suffrage, Barnum spoke before the legislature and said, "A human soul, ‘that God has created and Christ died for,’ is not to be trifled with. It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hottentot – it is still an immortal spirit".

The circus business was the source of much of his enduring fame. He established "P. T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome", a traveling circus, menagerie and museum of "freaks", which adopted many names over the years. Barnum died in his sleep at home in 1891, and was buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, which he designed himself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557094942
• ISBN 13: 9781557094940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96