P.T. Barnum Part 1: Barnum Begins

Update: 2024-09-12

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This week Johnboy explores the origins of the pivotal showman, Phineas Taylor Barnum and his initial series of traveling shows that brought him instant worldwide repute with Joice Heth, Tom Thumb and Jenny Lind; a slave woman reported as 161 years old, a dwarf with talent and charisma and an angelic voice who showed Barnum’s extent to manipulate the media narrative!

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P.T. Barnum Part 1: Barnum Begins

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P.T. Barnum Part 1: Barnum Begins

P.T. Barnum Part 1: Barnum Begins