Tompert, Ann.

The greatest showman on earth : a biography of P.T. Barnum / by Ann Tompert. - Minneapolis, Minn. : Dillon Press, c1987. - 120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - A People in focus book .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 117.

A biography of the showman who, among other achievements, created a three-ring circus known as "the greatest show on earth" and was active in Connecticut politics.

ISBN: 0875183700 :

LCCN: 87013600 /AC/r91

Subjects--Personal Names:
Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891 --Juvenile literature.
Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Circus owners--Biography--Juvenile literature.--United States
Circus owners.

LC Class. No.: GV1811.B3 / T66 1987

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/617931/092 B