Showman P.T. Barnum's outrageous cruelty and racism

P.T. Barnum invented the big top circus entertainment extravaganzas and launched the first superstar tour, with singer Jenny Lind, the ‘Swedish nightingale’.

The real PT Barnum: circus entrepreneur, freakshow host and unlikely animal rights campaigner

The Greatest Showman' and the Problem of 'Exploitainment

The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming

Showman P.T. Barnum's outrageous cruelty and racism

P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth

Showman P.T. Barnum's outrageous cruelty and racism

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Struggles and Triumphs, by P.T. Barnum.

What P. T. Barnum Understood About America

What I've watched in 2017–18: Period films, by Owen Blacker

PETA takes on Barnum, 127 years after he died (Viewpoint)

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Struggles and Triumphs, by P.T. Barnum.