Humbug: The Art of P.T. Barnum

This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits.

• Author
• Neil Harris

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 352

• Publisher
• University of Chicago Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780226317526

• Characters
• P.T. Barnum

• Genres
• biography, history

• Release date
• 1981