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          Initially the book talked about Barnum's childhood – there was lots about his family, school friends and quite a lot about his local church.!

          This study guide for P. T. Barnum's The Life of P. T. Barnum offers summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text.

        1. The present volume is the first modern edition of Barnum's original and outrageous autobiography, published in and unavailable for more than a century.
        2. Initially the book talked about Barnum's childhood – there was lots about his family, school friends and quite a lot about his local church.
        3. Such a varied and interesting career, this book shares all his highlights from his beginning showing the world's oldest woman, through his curiosity museums, General Tom Thumb, the Siamese Twins, Jumbo and everything else in between all the way up to the birth of his renowned travelling circus.
        4. PT Barnum was a uniquely American character representing the best and worst characteristics of our young nation.

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          The very first category is ‘A book made into a movie you’ve already seen’.

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          But back to the film, I did wonder how much of it was true – and what bits of his lifestory were missed out as it was only a standard feature film – so I thought reading about Phineas would be great