Bringing both high and low culture to Amer ican audiences all-too-eager to be fooled\, Phineas Taylor Barnum consider ed himself a showman first and foremost. He was determined to make money f or himself\, and was also generous to those working for him as part of the &ldquo\;Greatest Show on Earth.&rdquo\; Actor Neill Hartley\, from the Am erican Historical Theatre\, sings as General Tom Thumb\, portraying the mo st popular Barnum attraction with verve\, then concluding with Thumb&rsquo \;s signature heel click. Barnum collected and marketed people considered freaks and oddities\, like George Washington&rsquo\;s 161 year-old nurse a nd the Feejee Mermaid\, but he also promoted Jenny Lind\, which he felt br ought him class. Quite the colorful character in his own right\, Hartley&r squo\;s Barnum shows you a man who knew the value of his own personality. His self-published autobiography enjoyed sales second only to the Bible in North America during the 19th century.
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