The Resource We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman, Deborah Noyes
We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman, Deborah Noyes
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- Summary
- Much has been written about P. T. Barnum -- legendary showman, entrepreneur, marketing genius, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century personalities. For those who lived in Barnum's shadow, however, life was complex. P. T. Barnum's two families -- his family at home, including his two wives and his daughters, and his family at work, including Little People, a giantess, an opera singer, and many sideshow entertainers -- suffered greatly from his cruelty and exploitation. Yet, at the same time, some of his performers, such as General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), became wealthy celebrities who were admired and feted by presidents and royalty. In this collection of interlinked stories illustrated with archival photographs, Deborah Noyes digs deep into what is known about the people in Barnum's orbit and imagines their personal lives, putting front and center the complicated joy and pain of what it meant to be one of Barnum's "creatures."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 266 pages
- Contents
-
- The mermaid (1842)
- The mysterious arm (1842)
- Returning a bloom to its bud (1845)
- Beside myself (1851)
- We will always be sisters (1852)
- The fairy wedding (1863)
- An extraordinary specimen of magnified humanity (1865)
- The Bearded Lady's son (1868)
- It's not humbug if you believe it (1869)
- All elephants are tragic (1889)
- What makes you think we want you here? (1891)
- Isbn
- 9780763659813
- Label
- We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman
- Title
- We are all his creatures
- Title remainder
- tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman
- Statement of responsibility
- Deborah Noyes
- Title variation
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- P.T. Barnum
- Phineas Taylor Barnum
- Subject
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- trueYoung adult fiction
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Sideshows
- trueSideshows
- Sideshows -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSocial isolation
- United States
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueWomen
- trueWomen's role
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- 1865-1898
- Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 -- Juvenile fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Circus
- trueCircus
- Circus -- Juvenile fiction
- Circus performers
- trueCircus performers
- Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCruelty
- trueCruelty in men
- trueCuriosities and wonders
- Entertainers
- Entertainers -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- trueLoneliness
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Much has been written about P. T. Barnum -- legendary showman, entrepreneur, marketing genius, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century personalities. For those who lived in Barnum's shadow, however, life was complex. P. T. Barnum's two families -- his family at home, including his two wives and his daughters, and his family at work, including Little People, a giantess, an opera singer, and many sideshow entertainers -- suffered greatly from his cruelty and exploitation. Yet, at the same time, some of his performers, such as General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), became wealthy celebrities who were admired and feted by presidents and royalty. In this collection of interlinked stories illustrated with archival photographs, Deborah Noyes digs deep into what is known about the people in Barnum's orbit and imagines their personal lives, putting front and center the complicated joy and pain of what it meant to be one of Barnum's "creatures."
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- 10877049
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Noyes, Deborah
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- 7
- 12
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- True
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- Barnum, P. T.
- Barnum, P. T.
- Sideshows
- Entertainers
- Circus performers
- Circus
- Circus
- Sideshows
- Entertainers
- Circus performers
- United States
- United States
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Target audience
- adolescent
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- tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman
- Label
- We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman, Deborah Noyes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mermaid (1842) -- The mysterious arm (1842) -- Returning a bloom to its bud (1845) -- Beside myself (1851) -- We will always be sisters (1852) -- The fairy wedding (1863) -- An extraordinary specimen of magnified humanity (1865) -- The Bearded Lady's son (1868) -- It's not humbug if you believe it (1869) -- All elephants are tragic (1889) -- What makes you think we want you here? (1891)
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763659813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1109406468
- Label
- We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman, Deborah Noyes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mermaid (1842) -- The mysterious arm (1842) -- Returning a bloom to its bud (1845) -- Beside myself (1851) -- We will always be sisters (1852) -- The fairy wedding (1863) -- An extraordinary specimen of magnified humanity (1865) -- The Bearded Lady's son (1868) -- It's not humbug if you believe it (1869) -- All elephants are tragic (1889) -- What makes you think we want you here? (1891)
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763659813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1109406468
Subject
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Sideshows
- trueSideshows
- Sideshows -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSocial isolation
- United States
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueWomen
- trueWomen's role
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- 1865-1898
- Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- Barnum, P. T., (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 -- Juvenile fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Circus
- trueCircus
- Circus -- Juvenile fiction
- Circus performers
- trueCircus performers
- Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCruelty
- trueCruelty in men
- trueCuriosities and wonders
- Entertainers
- Entertainers -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- trueLoneliness
Genre
- Biographical fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistory
- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Short stories
- Young adult works
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
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