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- 2011015162 abstract "P.T. Barnum is a newcomer to New York and still unknown to the world when he purchases an old museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street. With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing he transforms the dusty natural history collection into a great ark for public imagination. Though Barnum's bold vision and shameless huckstering are essential to creating his magical, lucrative museum, its inhabitants are Carlson's concern. To taxidermist Emile Guillaudeu, nature's greatest beauty lies in its rational taxonomy, represented by his meticulous arrangements of mounted specimens. When Barnum takes over the museum, Guillaudeu's attempt to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic microcosm grows more frantic, and ultimately forces him out of the museum and into the unpredictable flux of antebellum New York. The giantess Ana Swift is plagued by chronic pain and jaded by a world of gawkers, but she is hopeful as she arrives in Barnum's museum. Working without a manager for the first time, she can present herself as she wishes. But does this constitute real freedom? With Ana, the narrative travels beneath the museum's baffling surface to visit the lives of Barnum's human performers, his Representatives of the Wonderful.".
- 2011015162 contributor B12117476.
- 2011015162 coverage "New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865 Fiction.".
- 2011015162 created "c2011.".
- 2011015162 date "2011".
- 2011015162 date "c2011.".
- 2011015162 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2011015162 description "P.T. Barnum is a newcomer to New York and still unknown to the world when he purchases an old museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street. With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing he transforms the dusty natural history collection into a great ark for public imagination. Though Barnum's bold vision and shameless huckstering are essential to creating his magical, lucrative museum, its inhabitants are Carlson's concern. To taxidermist Emile Guillaudeu, nature's greatest beauty lies in its rational taxonomy, represented by his meticulous arrangements of mounted specimens. When Barnum takes over the museum, Guillaudeu's attempt to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic microcosm grows more frantic, and ultimately forces him out of the museum and into the unpredictable flux of antebellum New York. The giantess Ana Swift is plagued by chronic pain and jaded by a world of gawkers, but she is hopeful as she arrives in Barnum's museum. Working without a manager for the first time, she can present herself as she wishes. But does this constitute real freedom? With Ana, the narrative travels beneath the museum's baffling surface to visit the lives of Barnum's human performers, his Representatives of the Wonderful.".
- 2011015162 extent "459 p. ;".
- 2011015162 identifier "9781586421847 (hbk.)".
- 2011015162 issued "2011".
- 2011015162 issued "c2011.".
- 2011015162 language "eng".
- 2011015162 publisher "Hanover, NH : Steerforth Press,".
- 2011015162 spatial "New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865 Fiction.".
- 2011015162 subject "813/.6 22".
- 2011015162 subject "Barnum's American Museum Fiction.".
- 2011015162 subject "Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 Fiction.".
- 2011015162 subject "Curiosities and wonders Fiction.".
- 2011015162 subject "PS3603.A75327 A83 2011".
- 2011015162 title "Among the wonderful : a novel / Stacy Carlson.".
- 2011015162 type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- 2011015162 type "Historical fiction.".
- 2011015162 type "text".