This book is a biography of P.T. Barnum who was born in 1810 in Bethel, Connecticut.
I have learned a lot from this book. P.T. Barnum once had a practical joke played on him. That joke made him into a prankster. He made a museum called the American museum. For unknown reasons it burned after about 10 years. He built second museum it burned because of boiler problems. He ran for mayor twice. This book teaches a lot.
He owned two museums before being the owner of a circus.
P.T. Barnum had a lot of traits. He was a happy man. He was also sometimes sad. He was very energetic. He stopped being energetic when he got a bad sickness. After that he looked very old. He liked