We are all his creatures : tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman
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Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
ISBN
9780763659813, 0763659819
Lexile measure
980L
Status
Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Barnum, P. T. -- (Phineas Taylor), -- 1810-1891 -- Fiction.
Barnum, P. T. -- (Phineas Taylor), -- 1810-1891 -- Juvenile fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Circus -- Fiction.
Circus -- Juvenile fiction.
Circus performers -- Fiction.
Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction.
Entertainers -- Fiction.
Entertainers -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sideshows -- Fiction.
Sideshows -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Barnum, P. T. -- (Phineas Taylor), -- 1810-1891 -- Juvenile fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Circus -- Fiction.
Circus -- Juvenile fiction.
Circus performers -- Fiction.
Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction.
Entertainers -- Fiction.
Entertainers -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sideshows -- Fiction.
Sideshows -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
More Details
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780763659813, 0763659819
Lexile measure
980
Notes
Description
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."
Target Audience
980 L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Noyes, D. (2020). We are all his creatures: tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman (First edition.). Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Noyes, Deborah. 2020. We Are All His Creatures: Tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman. Candlewick Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Noyes, Deborah. We Are All His Creatures: Tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman Candlewick Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Noyes, Deborah. We Are All His Creatures: Tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman First edition., Candlewick Press, 2020.
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