Barnum's father died when he was 15 and he was determined to rise up from his poor living. He first bought a museum and made it into a live performance with animals. He would then partner with ...

Messrs. P.T. Barnum, J.L. Hutchinson, and J.A. Bailey, proprietors of the "greatest show on earth," and James Elliott, father of all but one of the Elliott children, were arrested yesterday ...

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman ... whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb.

"Showman, charlatan or both?" That is the "gist" of Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart's "zesty" 1980 musical about the famed 19th-century American showman, P.T. Barnum. More than four decades since ...