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02966aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 B47ADAD8681411EA9E1E8D0A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200317010055 008 190719s2020 maua d 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0763659819 020 $a 9780763659813 035 $a (OCoLC)1109406468 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d FOLLT $d OCO $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a [Fic] $2 23 100 1 $a Noyes, Deborah, $e author. 245 10 $a We are all his creatures : $b tales of P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman / $c Deborah Noyes. 246 30 $a P.T. Barnum 246 3 $a Phineas Taylor Barnum 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Somerville, Massachusetts : $b Candlewick Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 266 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a The mermaid (1842) -- The mysterious arm (1842) -- Returning a bloom to its bud (1845) -- Beside myself (1851) -- We will always be sisters (1852) -- The fairy wedding (1863) -- An extraordinary specimen of magnified humanity (1865) -- The Bearded Lady's son (1868) -- It's not humbug if you believe it (1869) -- All elephants are tragic (1889) -- What makes you think we want you here? (1891). 520 $a 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." 600 10 $a Barnum, P. T. $q (Phineas Taylor), $d 1810-1891 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Circus performers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Entertainers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sideshows $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Circus $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1865-1898 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adult fiction. 941 $a 9 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909061251.0 952 $l NPSX771 $d 20220129011407.0 952 $l SBPB074 $d 20210126010727.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20201208011557.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20201007082839.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200505010537.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20200410011459.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20200409011431.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200317011220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B47ADAD8681411EA9E1E8D0A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search