The Art of Money Getting: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Money Getting, credited to P.T. Barnum, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of Money Getting, by P.T. Barnum. Read by Jill Preston. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.(br />His successes may have made him the first "show business" millionaire. Although Barnum was also an author, publisher, philanthropist, and for some time a politician, he said of himself, "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me," and his personal aims were "to put money in his own coffers". (Reference: Wikipedia.org)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Money Getting
• Author credits: P.T. Barnum
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 1:38:57

Catalogue topics

• non-fiction
• economics

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 22:11
2. 01 - Don't Mistake Your Vocation — 3:33
3. 02 - Select The Right Location — 5:26
4. 03 - Avoid Debt — 5:41
5. 04 - Persevere — 4:05
6. 05 - Whatever You Do, Do It With All Your Might — 8:13
7. 06 - Use The Best Tools — 3:08
8. 07 - Don't Get Above Your Business — 10:16
9. 08 - Learn Something Useful — 1:07
10. 09 - Let Hope Predominate, But Be Not Too Visionary — 1:18
11. 10 - Do Not Scatter Your Powers — 1:17
12. 11 - Be Systematic — 4:42
13. 12 - Read The Newspapers — 1:06
14. 13 - Beware Of 'Outside Operations' — 2:32
15. 14 - Don't Indorse Without Security — 4:48
16. 15 - Advertise Your Business — 5:06
17. 16 - 'Don't Read The Other Side' — 3:39
18. 17 - Be Polite and Kind To Your Customers — 3:01
19. 18 - Be Charitable — 1:40
20. 19 - Don't Blab — 1:12
21. 20 - Preserve Your Integrity — 5:01

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