Art of Money Getting: Or, Golden Rules for Making Money - Couverture souple

Barnum, P T; Barnum

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ISBN 10 : 1557094942 ISBN 13 : 9781557094940

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 1999

Synopsis

Wealth Secrets from the Greatest Showman

After a wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated Kings and Queens, and used his genius, wit and eloquence to entertain millions, P.T. Barnum wrote golden rules for making money. Published in 1880, the Greatest Showman's The Art of Money Getting reveals his secrets for accumulating vast sums of wealth and issues a program anyone can follow to become rich. Join Barnum and discover a historical treasure of America's unceasing chase for personal wealth.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American politician, showman, and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Although Barnum was also an author, publisher, philanthropist, and for some time a politician, he said of himself, "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me", and his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". Barnum is widely, but erroneously, credited with coining the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute". Born in Bethel, Connecticut, Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties, and founded a weekly newspaper, before moving to New York City in 1834. He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical Theater", and soon after by purchasing Scudder's American Museum, which he renamed after himself. Barnum used the museum as a platform to promote hoaxes and human curiosities such as the Feejee mermaid and General Tom Thumb. In 1850 he promoted the American tour of singer Jenny Lind, paying her an unprecedented $1,000 a night for 150 nights. After economic reversals due to bad investments in the 1850s, and years of litigation and public humiliation, he used a lecture tour, mostly as a temperance speaker, to emerge from debt. His museum added America's first aquarium and expanded the wax-figure department. Barnum served two terms in the Connecticut legislature in 1865 as a Republican for Fairfield. With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over slavery and African-American suffrage, Barnum spoke before the legislature and said, "A human soul, ‘that God has created and Christ died for,’ is not to be trifled with. It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hottentot – it is still an immortal spirit". Elected in 1875 as Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, he worked to improve the water supply, bring gas lighting to streets, and enforce liquor and prostitution laws. Barnum was instrumental in starting Bridgeport Hospital, founded in 1878, and was its first president. The circus business was the source of much of his enduring fame. He established "P. T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome", a traveling circus, menagerie and museum of "freaks", which adopted many names over the years. Barnum died in his sleep at home in 1891.

Présentation de l'éditeur

P.T. Barnum's Golden Rules for Money Getting (better know as "The Art of Money Getting"), are as accurate today as when they were written. Some may Argue that as time passes by, the examples in the art of Money Getting become dated, but the lessons learned are still pointed and accurate. Phineas Taylor Barnum,(P.T. for short) lived between 1810-1891 and was a visionary in his day. P.T. Barnum is of course most famous for the circus that still bears his name 120 years after his death. It amazes me how prudent Barnum's wisdom is especially in today's tough economic times. He clearly displays a strong fear of debt in The Art of Money Getting that would have, and will still serve many Americans (or anyone else for that matter) extremely well. Had more of us learned from past wisdom would the same mistakes get repeated so regularly? As I read The Art of Money Getting by P.T. Barnum, I'm absolutely shocked to see him foreshadowing ideas of current economic theories, but doing so in metaphors that make it simple for anyone to understand and remember. Reading a paragraph that starts "A few years ago, before kerosene oil was discovered" ... lesson's of "penny wise and pound foolish" is still one that needs teaching day in and day out in every home. "A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending." If all you get form the reading of this classic is the above lesson then you've gotten 100 times what you've paid. Enjoy the timeless wisdom contained herein and happy reading.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557094942
• ISBN 13: 9781557094940
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible