<Ul> <Li> The Thunder of Giants by Joel Fishbane . St. Martin's Press, New York . (2015). Historical fiction concerning Anna Swan, the Nova Scotia giantess who Barnum brought to New York in 1862 . The book touches on Barnum's politics and the lives of other exhibits in the American Museum . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Thunder of Giants by Joel Fishbane . St. Martin's Press, New York . (2015). Historical fiction concerning Anna Swan, the Nova Scotia giantess who Barnum brought to New York in 1862 . The book touches on Barnum's politics and the lives of other exhibits in the American Museum . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Elvis Costello's "Red Cotton", from his 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, is widely understood to be about Barnum and his opposition to the slave trade . </Li> <Li> P.T. Barnum is mentioned in the Grateful Dead song "U.S. Blues". </Li> <Li> Barnum & Bailey is mentioned in the jazz standard "It's Only a Paper Moon". The lyrics "It's a Barnum and Bailey world . Just as phony as it can be . But it wouldn't be make - believe if you believed in me" are sung by Blanche DuBois in Scene 7 of "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams . </Li> <Li> XTC references' Mrs. Barnum' in their song "Dear Madame Barnum". </Li> <Li> Karl King, who played in Barnum's circus band, composed Barnum and Bailey's Favorite . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Elvis Costello's "Red Cotton", from his 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, is widely understood to be about Barnum and his opposition to the slave trade . </Li>

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