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The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

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The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

EN·~11 hours·14 chapters

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14 total

Transcriber’s Note

0:17

THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD.

0:26

PUBLISHER’S NOTE.

4:37

INTRODUCTION.

1:22

HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD.

0:01

I. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. - CHAPTER I.

1:35:28

II. THE SPIRITUALISTS. - CHAPTER IX.

2:03:03

III. TRADE AND BUSINESS IMPOSITIONS. - CHAPTER XVIII.

1:07:43

IV. MONEY MANIAS. - CHAPTER XXIV.

58:15

V. MEDICINE AND QUACKS. - CHAPTER XXVIII.

29:09

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The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages

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Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2008-09-16

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26640

Subjects

Impostors and imposture AZ

About the author

P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

1810–1891

A master of 19th-century publicity, he helped turn popular entertainment into big business through museums, touring acts, and the circus spectacle later known as Barnum & Bailey. His life mixed ambition, invention, controversy, and a gift for getting the public to look twice.

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