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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Carlson, Stacy
Titre(s) : Among the wonderful [Texte imprimé] : a novel / Stacy Carlson
Publication : Hanover (N.H.) : Steerforth press, c2011
Description matérielle : 459 p. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : P.T. Barnum is a newcomer to New York and still unknown to the world when he purchases
an old museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street. With uncanny confidence and
impeccable timing he transforms the dusty natural history collection into a great
ark for public imagination. Though Barnum's bold vision and shameless huckstering
are essential to creating his magical, lucrative museum, its inhabitants are Carlson's
concern. To taxidermist Emile Guillaudeu, nature{u2019}s greatest beauty lies in its
rational taxonomy, represented by his meticulous arrangements of mounted specimens.
When Barnum takes over the museum, Guillaudeu's attempt to maintain order in an increasingly
chaotic microcosm grows more frantic, and ultimately forces him out of the museum
and into the unpredictable flux of antebellum New York. The giantess Ana Swift is
plagued by chronic pain and jaded by a world of gawkers, but she is hopeful as she
arrives in Barnum{u2019}s museum. Working without a manager for the first time, she
can present herself as she wishes. But does this constitute real freedom? With Ana,
the narrative travels beneath the museum{u2019}s baffling surface to visit the lives
of Barnum{u2019}s human performers, his Representatives of the Wonderful
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781586421847 (hbk.). - ISBN 1586421840 (hbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42533275d
Notice n° :
FRBNF42533275
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