P.T. Barnum – The Greatest Showman on Earth

How the emperor of hoopla got his start at scamming PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM was a salesman and a showman, a hustler and a huckster. He sold Bibles for a while but he made more money selling tickets to see a mermaid that was actually the tail of a fish to a female orangutan’s torso with …

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