And long before The Donald had written a best-seller of a book devoted to the art of the deal, P. T. Barnum had written a better-selling one titled The Art of Money-Getting, ...

We recently watched "The Greatest Showman" movie (2017) starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), an American icon famous for his circus "The Greatest Show on Earth." ...

First thing’s first: Though it features a character named “P.T. Barnum,” “The Greatest Showman” is in no way a factual account of the life of the celebrated 19th-century circus founder ...

Phineas Taylor Barnum (P.T. Barnum) once said, “A salary was not sufficient for me.” I love P.T. Barnum. Yes, he was bit of a scoundrel, a scalawag, and a con man. But he also was prescient in ...

As for P.T. Barnum, whose 200th birthday will be observed Monday, he could be thanked as the man who took advertising and promotion to newer and greater heights, those familiar with his past say.

Like most Bridgeporters, Yohuru Williams grew up surrounded by the name P.T. Barnum. Indeed, the name of the one-time Bridgeport mayor and circus impresario is seemingly everywhere in the city ...

In 1842, P. T. Barnum met a mermaid. She was just under three feet tall, with leathery skin, sharp teeth, and pendulous breasts. The mermaid had purportedly been caught by a fisherman off the ...