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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. Struggles and Triumphs
    1. I: Early Life
    2. II: Incidents and Anecdotes
    3. III: In Business for Myself
    4. IV: Struggles for a Livelihood
    5. V: My Start as a Showman
    6. VI: My First Travelling Company
    7. VII: At the Foot of the Ladder
    8. VIII: The American Museum
    9. IX: The Road to Riches
    10. X: Another Successful Speculation
    11. XI: General Tom Thumb in England
    12. XII: In France
    13. XIII: In Belgium
    14. XIV: In England Again
    15. XV: Return to America
    16. XVI: At Home
    17. XVII: The Jenny Lind Enterprise
    18. XVIII: The Nightingale in New York
    19. XIX: Successful Management
    20. XX: Incidents of the Tour
    21. XXI: Jenny Lind
    22. XXII: Close of the Campaign
    23. XXIII: Other Enterprises
    24. XXIV: Work and Play
    25. XXV: The Jerome Clock Company Entanglement
    26. XXVI: Clouds and Sunshine
    27. XXVII: Rest, but Not Rust
    28. XXVIII: Abroad Again
    29. XXIX: In Germany
    30. XXX: In Holland
    31. XXXI: The Art of Money Getting
    32. XXXII: An Enterprising Englishman
    33. XXXIII: Richard’s Himself Again
    34. XXXIV: Menagerie and Museum Memoranda
    35. XXXV: East Bridgeport
    36. XXXVI: More About the Museum
    37. XXXVII: Mr. and Mrs. General Tom Thumb
    38. XXXVIII: Political and Personal
    39. XXXIX: The American Museum in Ruins
    40. XL: My War on the Railroads
    41. XLI: Bennett and the Herald
    42. XLII: Public Lecturing
    43. XLIII: The New Museum
    44. XLIV: Curious Coincidences.—Number Thirteen
    45. XLV: A Story-Chapter
    46. XLVI: Seaside Park
    47. XLVII: Waldemere
    48. Appendix I: Rest Only Found in Action
    49. Appendix II: A Remarkable Campaign
    50. Conclusion
  6. Endnotes
  7. Colophon
  8. Uncopyright

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  1. Struggles and Triumphs
  2. Endnotes