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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition August 2019
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wilson, Robert, 1951 February 21– author.
Title: Barnum : an American life / Robert Wilson.
Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019. | Series: Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019000245| ISBN 9781501118623 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501118715 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781501118722 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810–1891. | Circus owners—United States—Biography.
Classification: LCC GV1811.B3 W57 2019 | DDC 791.3092 [B] —dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019000245
ISBN 978-1-5011-1862-3
ISBN 978-1-5011-1872-2 (ebook)