{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Becoming Barnum: The Journey to Fame and Fortune","title":"The Old American is Bound to Do Wonders Yet ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/58fc5c29\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1673,"description":"This episode of Becoming Barnum discusses letters at the end of November 1845; P. T. Barnum's wide-ranging ambitions seem tamped down a bit, at least insofar as his communication to his American Museum manager Fordyce Hitchcock tells us. While it can probably never be said that Barnum was \"content\" with things as they stood in business matters, he seemed to be relatively so concerned about the museum at this time. He was anxious to withdraw from the speculations he had suggested to Hitchcock in previous letters. Perhaps this was due to his homesickness, ambiguous state of health, and the uncertainty of making another large \"pile of tin\" for the second time in England. Even in Paris, going before King Louis-Philippe had only gained them \"lots of glory—but we don't make any money,\" as he admitted to Hitchcock. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Bvl2-ffGsowD303Utbky1xVs4u0ARVbQNmc78qqAxS4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQxLzE2NTY0/MzYwODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}