Download or read book Humbug written by Neil Harris and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981-05-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits." -- Publisher.