Barnum, P. T. The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself. New York 1855.

Barnum, P.T. Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum. New York 1970.

Durant, John and Alice Pictoral History of the American Circus. New York 1957.

Harris, Neil Humbug: The Art of P.T. Barnum. Boston 1973.

Kunhardt, Jr. Philip B., Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt P.T. Barnum, America's Greatest Showman. New York 1995.

Root, Harvey W. The Unknown Barnum. New York 1927.

Wallace, Irving The Fabulous Showman: The Life and Times of P.T. Barnum New York 1959