P.T. Barnum’s Guide to Going Broke | Ep 2 | S2
What do you do after a disastrous business deal nearly wipes out your fortune? If you’re P.T. Barnum, you go on tour telling other people how to make money.
This week on Notes From the Dead, REBECCA D is joined by Caroline Smith of Smith Realty to follow Barnum’s dreams of building an industrial empire in East Bridgeport, Connecticut. At the center: a clock company, enormous promises, and financial commitments that turn out to be considerably less entertaining than a circus.
We get into the scheme that brought Barnum to financial ruin, his reinvention as a lecturer on “The Art of…
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