Struggles and Triumphs -- Sixty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum: Including his Golden Rules for Money-Making

"... my case was actual capital to certain preachers and religious editors who were in want of fresh illustrations wherewith to point their morals."

P. T. Barnum's story is a glimpse of early 19th century and a fascinating account of the impresario's life, a legendary promoter and marketeer.

Still, he was much more than a showman, he was a politician and a city father; a teetotaler and deep thinker. In short, he was a unique man whose life story is worthy of attention.

Barnum's own chron...