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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of
the 19th Century... In 1834, desperate to create a better life for
his family, small-time Connecticut businessman P. T. Barnum moved
to New York City. With true entrepreneurial spirit and against all
odds, he wowed audiences with his ensemble of musical spectacles,
attractions and variety shows - often exploiting the vulnerable for
entertainment value. A master showman, his crowning achievement was
the world-famous circus, Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on
Earth. In this account of his life and work, written by the man
himself and first published in 1855, P. T. Barnum creates an aura
of excitement about himself and his enduring fame, confirming his
reputation as the greatest impresario of all time and revealing the
controversial decisions that helped him to his fortune.
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only to set
their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in
regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the
thing is easily done. But however easy it may be found to make
money, I have no doubt many of my hearers will agree it is the most
difficult thing in the world to keep it. The road to wealth is, as
Dr. Franklin truly says, "as plain as the road to the mill." It
consists simply in expending less than we earn; that seems to be a
very simple problem. Mr. Micawber, one of those happy creations of
the genial Dickens, puts the case in a strong light when he says
that to have annual income of twenty pounds per annum, and spend
twenty pounds and sixpence, is to be the most miserable of men;
whereas, to have an income of only twenty pounds, and spend but
nineteen pounds and sixpence is to be the happiest of mortals. Many
of my readers may say, "we understand this: this is economy, and we
know economy is wealth; we know we can't eat our cake and keep it
also." Yet I beg to say that perhaps more cases of failure arise
from mistakes on this point than almost any other. The fact is,
many people think they understand economy when they really do not.
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Struggles and Triumphs
P.T. Barnum
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Struggles and Triumphs
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of
the 19th Century... In 1834, desperate to create a better life for
his family, small-time Connecticut businessman P. T. Barnum moved
to New York City. With true entrepreneurial spirit and against all
odds, he wowed audiences with his ensemble of musical spectacles,
attractions and variety shows - often exploiting the vulnerable for
entertainment value. A master showman, his crowning achievement was
the world-famous circus, Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on
Earth. In this account of his life and work, written by the man
himself and first published in 1855, P. T. Barnum creates an aura
of excitement about himself and his enduring fame, confirming his
reputation as the greatest impresario of all time and revealing the
controversial decisions that helped him to his fortune.
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