CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION “Do You Know Barnum?”

ONE The Richest Child in Town

TWO The Nursemaid

THREE On Broadway

FOUR The Mermaid

FIVE The General

SIX The Queen

SEVEN The Continent

EIGHT At Home

NINE The Voice

TEN Temples of Entertainment

ELEVEN Before the Fall

TWELVE Putting Out Fires

THIRTEEN A Ruined Man

FOURTEEN The War and a Wedding

FIFTEEN Fire!

SIXTEEN Show Fever

SEVENTEEN Marriage Bonds

EIGHTEEN Excitement, Pepper, & Mustard

NINETEEN And Bailey

TWENTY Last Years

Photographs

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Illustration Credits