P.T. Barnum: The Birth of a Showman & His Personal Life The first Barnum to arrive in North America was a man named Thomas Barnum, and his three times great-grandson was a boy with a million dreams.

P.T. Barnum, the proprietor of the Greatest Show on Earth, was, in 1832, editor of then village newspaper here, the Herald of Freedom and Truth. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...