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The humbugs of the world by P.T. Barnum.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891.
Corporate Authors:	National Fairground Archive (Great Britain), Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), Victorian Popular Culture: Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : John Camden Hotten, 1866.
Series:	Victorian popular culture. Circuses, sideshows and freaks.
Subjects:	Impostors and imposture. Quacks and quackery. Tricksters.
Online Access:	Victorian Popular Culture: Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks

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