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The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnumby Candace FlemingRandom House 2009Assuming you've read nothing about his life, what do you know of P.T. Barnum? That he was a huckster and a flim-flam man? That his name was the first name in three-ring circuses for a good portion of the 20th century? That he said "There's a sucker born every minute?That's about as much as I knew – or
I liked this one, too, and went to hear Candace Fleming speak in Bridgeport CT, Barnum's home base. She said she got interested in him after researching her Lincoln book. Some aspect of Lincoln's life had placed him near Barnum's American Museum in NYC, and Fleming began to wonder if Lincoln had gone into the museum.