An Introduction to Becoming Barnum: Interview with Barnum Museum Curator
Date: 7/20/22BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and FortuneAn Introduction to Becoming Barnum: Interview with the Barnum Museum Curator - Episode 1Today, we discuss an exciting museum exhibit, a Bound volume of copied letters in P.T. Barnum's hand, dating from July 1845 to Augu ...Show more
A Bit of France in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Date: 7/27/22BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and FortuneA Bit of France in Bridgeport, Connecticut - Episode 2Barnum’s travels in France had influenced his vision for his beloved Bridgeport; this was clearly revealed by what he chose to tell the Atlas readers. Barnum adopted ...Show more
“A Touch of Yankee” Solves a Problem
Date: 8/10/22BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and Fortune“A Touch of Yankee” Solves a Problem - Episode 3Mr. Barnum was infuriated by the demands of the Hospice Commissioners who expected a far larger percentage of the gross receipts than Barnum felt reasonable.Learn more abo ...Show more
The Beginnings of Iranistan
Date: 8/24/22BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and Fortune The Beginnings of Iranistan - Episode 4Barnum’s homesickness coincided with and perhaps fueled his desire to begin building a country home for his family. Barnum writes about a future grand home in Bridgeport, Iranista ...Show more
A Mountain of Worries
Date: 8/03/22BECOMING BARNUM: The Journey to Fame and FortuneA Mountain of Worries - Episode 5In this episode, we delve into a new “batch” of the letters P. T. Barnum wrote while in France and sent back to his family and business associates in America. These letters have a differ ...Show more