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Americans have enjoyed visiting circuses for decades, and none stand for the country's love for entertainment that can compare with the most famous of these all, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The five brothers who started a circus in Wisconsin, as well as P.T. Barnum, have had their names become synonymous with the circus, so it's only fitted that the manner in which these men moved into the business enterprise and the merging of these traveling circuses jointly also lead to great stories. Circus promoters have always been viewed as somewhat shady hucksters, but nothing could top P.T. Barnum, who used a blend of traditional circus entertainment, freak show exhibits, and outright hoaxes to make "THE BEST Show on Earth". Around the same time that Barnum was operating the Barnum and Bailey's circus, the Ringling Brothers were engaging in more traditional circus activities in Wisconsin. As their visiting circus became better known in the overdue 1880s, it was publicized as the "Ringling Brothers United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal Western european Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Family pets". The Ringling Brothers were eventually successful enough that these were in a position to buy Barnum's circus after Barnum got already died, plus they merged the going circuses jointly in 1919. The Greatest Show on Earth: THE ANNALS of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus examines the origins of the famous circuses, the background of the key individuals engaged, and their merger into the most famous circus of most. Become familiar with about "THE BEST Show on Earth" like never before, very quickly at all.
