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Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…

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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 (27 hr 17 min)

Chapters

Preface

5:24

Read by DrPGould

Chapter 1 Early Life

26:15

Read by Josip B.

Chapter 2 Incidents and Anecdotes

17:49

Read by Josip B.

Chapter 3 In Business for Myself

23:24

Read by Lazlo

Chapter 4 Struggles for a Livelihood

21:49

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 1

16:04

Read by Phil Chenevert

Chapter 5 My Start as a Showman, Part 2

13:17

Read by Phil Chenevert

Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 1

14:31

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 6 My First Travelling Company, Part 2

17:06

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 7 At the Foot of the Ladder

20:36

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 1

16:12

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 8 The American Museum, Part 2

14:15

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 1

15:44

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 9 The Road to Riches, Part 2

22:32

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1

9:24

Read by Stephen Marsh

Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 2

16:32

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 11 General Tom Thumb in England

21:13

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 12 In France, Part 1

19:06

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 12 In France, Part 2

22:15

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 1

10:55

Read by Stephen Marsh

Chapter 13 In Belgium, Part 2

12:59

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 1

12:16

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 14 In England Again, Part 2

15:43

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 1

13:06

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 15 Return to America, Part 2

15:05

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 16 At Home, Part 1

12:52

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 16 At Home, Part 2

14:16

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 1

19:20

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 17 The Jenny Lind Enterprise, Part 2

10:02

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 1

16:13

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 18 The Nightingale in New York, Part 2

14:13

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 1

18:47

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 19 Successful Management, Part 2

18:25

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 1

14:58

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 20 Incidents of the Tour, Part 2

13:53

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 21 Jenny Lind

17:35

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 22 Close of the Campaign

38:00

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 1

13:28

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 23 Other Enterprises, Part 2

16:27

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 1

10:20

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 24 Work and Play, Part 2

14:12

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 25 The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement

18:54

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 1

12:11

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 26 Clouds and Sunshine, Part 2

14:10

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 27 Rest, but not Rust

16:52

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 28 Abroad Again

19:03

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 29 In Germany

19:12

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 1

9:42

Read by Foon

Chapter 30 In Holland, Part 2

13:25

Read by Foon

Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 1

16:38

Read by Jared Hinde

Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 2

20:39

Read by Jared Hinde

Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 3

22:14

Read by Jared Hinde

Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 4

21:41

Read by Jared Hinde

Chapter 31 The Art of Money Getting, Part 5

15:11

Read by Jared Hinde

Chapter 32 An Enterprising Englishman

17:23

Read by StudioMike

Chapter 33 Richard's Himself Again

21:51

Read by StudioMike

Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 1

18:46

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 34 Menagerie and Museum Memoranda, Part 2

16:46

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 35 East Bridgeport

22:17

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 1

18:57

Read by BettyB

Chapter 36 More about the Museum Part 2

20:48

Read by BettyB

Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 1

12:24

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 2

15:13

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 37 Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Part 3

22:37

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 1

20:27

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 2

16:03

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 38 Political and Personal, Part 3

15:04

Read by Matthew M. Benzing

Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 1

21:29

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 39 The American Museum in Ruins, Part 2

24:07

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 1

17:39

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 40 My War on the Railroads, Part 2

22:55

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 41 Bennett and the Herald

18:51

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 1

14:07

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 42 Public Lecturing, Part 2

15:48

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 1

14:20

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 43 The New Museum, Part 2

15:00

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapter 44 Curious Coincidences--Number Thirteen

15:54

Read by garybclayton

Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 1

24:31

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 2

21:55

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 3

22:50

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 45 A Story Chapter, Part 4

23:59

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Chapter 46 Sea-Side Park

23:36

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Chapter 47 Waldemere

25:36

Read by Nancy Gorgen

Appendix 1, Part 1

26:21

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 1, Part 2

24:20

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 1, Part 3

34:34

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 1, Part 4

24:27

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 1, Part 5

22:04

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 2, Part 1

20:35

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Appendix 2, Part 2

27:08

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson