- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus@
Explore Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, popularly known as The Greatest Show on Earth, formed in 1871 by the merger of Ringling Brothers Circus and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Sites feature history, show schedules, tickets, biography of its founders, and related animal rights articles.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Circuses/Ringling_Bros__and_Barnum___Bailey
- Barnum Museum
Enter the big top, see a side show exhibition, and learn about the cast of characters from the past.
www.barnum-museum.org
- History Buff.com: P. T. Barnum
Examining whether Barnum coined the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute."
www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html
- Wikipedia: P. T. Barnum
Photo and biography of the American showman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum
- American History Project: The Lost Museum
Recreation of P.T. Barnum's historic American Museum of the 19th century, which was located in New York City.
www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu
- New York Times: The Great Showman Dead
1891 New York Times obituary of P.T. Barnum, known for his showmanship and ballyhoo.
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0705.html
- Freepages: Phineas Taylor Barnum [1810-1891]
Offers a series of links to sites about the self-proclaimed Prince of Humbugs.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/people/BRNM137.htm
- Humbugs of the World
An account of humbugs, delusions, impositions, quackeries, deceits, and deceivers generally, in all ages. Written in 1865 by P. T. Barnum.
www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFW8590
- P.T. Barnum
Biography of the circus and museum founder and general humbug.
www.angelfire.com/oh/bkitchen
- Electric Scotland.com: The P.T. Barnum of the Barnum and Bailey Circus
Text of Joel Benton's 1893 biography of Barnum.
www.electricscotland.com/history/barnum/index.htm
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