Download or read book P. T. Barnum a Unique Story of a Marvelous Career: the Life of Hon. Phineas. T. Barnum COMPRISING HIS BOYHOOD, YOUTH written by P. T. Barnum and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871-2017).Although Barnum was also an author, publisher, philanthropist, and for some time a politician, he said of himself, "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me," and his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers." Barnum is widely, but erroneously, credited with coining the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute."