Animal Stories (Rare Vintage Anthology) by P.T. Barnum - Hardcover

An Account of the Author's Famous Expedition in Search of Wild Animals for the Circus

Animal Stories by P.T. Barnum is a collection of heartwarming and entertaining tales about various animals, with stories about lions, tigers, elephants, monkeys, and other creatures that Barnum encountered during his time as a circus owner and showman. True and fictional tales alike are designed to capture the reader's imagination and inspire a love of animals.

1926 Hardcover in Good Condition. Yellow publisher's cloth with a pictorial inset on the front board, black lettering on the spine, with several full-page and in-text illustrations,

Phineas Taylor Barnum (born uly 5, 1810) wasn't always the famous American showman as most people know him. In 1834 Barnum moved to New York City where he experimented with a variety of jobs., including selling hats and caps, running a boardinghouse, and working in a grocery store, before he began to write. 

In 1865, Barnum was elected to the Connecticut legislature and led a fight against the railroad lobby during his first term, which turned out to be successful. From 1875 to 1876 he served as mayor of Bridgeport, and he still lived there when he passed away in 1891. .