Jumbo
The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL29177050M
- ISBN-139781781312445
- OCLC Control Number864089601
- OCLC Control Numberjumbounauthorise0029suth
Classifications
- LCCGV1831.E4
Description
Jumbo, Victorian England's favourite elephant, was born in 1861 in French Sudan. Imported to a Parisian zoo and later sold on to London. Worldwide fame came when he was brought by the American showman and scam artist P.T. Barnum in 1881(despite letters from 100,000 British schoolchildren who wrote to Queen Victoria begging her to prevent the sale). Barnum went on to transformed Jumbo into a lucrative circus acts and one of the most loved animals of all time.
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