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Writing the Life of the Concert Promoter

P.T. Barnum’s Struggles and Triumphs, published in 1869, is a definitive work of nineteenth-century autobiography and a vital starting point for a tradition of show-business memoirs that has continued up to the present day. In the book, Barnum presents himself as the master of American amusement through a narrative that highlights moments of great risk and great financial reward. Emblematic is the tone Barnum strikes as he introduces the topic of one of his most celebrated promotional efforts, the American concert tour of the Swedish singer Jenny Lind, whom Barnum brought to the United States in September 1850: