This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman ... Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy.

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"Showman, charlatan or both?" That is the "gist" of Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart's "zesty" 1980 musical about the famed 19th-century American showman, P.T. Barnum. More than four decades since ...

Barnum's father died when he was 15 and he was determined to rise up from his poor living. He first bought a museum and made it into a live performance with animals. He would then partner with ...