Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phineas Taylor Barnum, an American politician, entrepreneur and showman was born in Connecticut in 1810. He is probably best ...

P.T. Barnum opened the American Museum of curiosities, introduced the world to General Tom Thumb and created “The Greatest Show on Earth,” according to historical record and a box office hit starring ...

P.T. Barnum was a pretty despicable character, Charles Baxter finds in Lapham's Quarterly, but his influence was lasting. Reviewing Barnum's autobiography, Baxter finds the seeds of the phenomenon of ...

When P.T. Barnum held court before thousands of Berkshirites who gathered on May 19, 1877, to see "The Greatest Show on Earth," The Berkshire Eagle described the moment with "Thunders of applause ...

March 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey merged their circuses to form The Greatest Show on Earth. The circus later merged with the Ringling Bros. to form ...

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." Now, the movie itself is ...

From P.T. Barnum to Walt Disney, these pioneers reimagined how the public wanted to be entertained—before the public realized it themselves.

Dressed in a brocade vest, top hat and spats, Bob Spiotto looked every inch the showman — appropriate, since he was portraying P.T. Barnum, thought to be one of the greatest ever. “You know the man, ...