tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029687.post9222440198669787674..comments2023-08-17T07:10:54.446-07:00Comments on Books, Tea, and Other Obsessions : Heroine of the WeekendAmanda McCabe/Amanda Carmack/Laurel McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575437197334661544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029687.post-79908708126986315042010-09-11T18:41:28.845-07:002010-09-11T18:41:28.845-07:00Jenny, that is fascinating!Jenny, that is fascinating!Amanda McCabe/Amanda Carmack/Laurel McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575437197334661544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029687.post-38680446351402472052010-09-11T09:10:27.616-07:002010-09-11T09:10:27.616-07:00Amanda,
I wrote my History Masters degree Thesis ...Amanda,<br /><br />I wrote my History Masters degree Thesis on P.T. Barnum's promotion of Jenny Lind during her U.S. tour. It is always described as the first modern "media events" and I wanted to see how he managed the media.<br /><br />So I read all the major NYC newspapers for many months before her tour (on microfilm. For days. Ugh!) but I could find no traces of the articles Barnum claimed in his autobiography to have planted in the months before her arrival. <br /><br />The only reporting was after she arrived in NYC.<br /><br />My conclusion was that the furor over her during her tour was a spontaneous event driven by word of mouth. Barnum's autobiography was written many years after the event and mostly about creating the Barnum myth--which it did very well. He's still credited in histories of advertising for doing the the press campaign he didn't actually do.Jenny Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736968723372966506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029687.post-8587704915866050112010-09-11T08:03:21.055-07:002010-09-11T08:03:21.055-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260655145994694106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029687.post-63893679495054612432010-09-11T08:03:20.749-07:002010-09-11T08:03:20.749-07:00I've always wished I could have heard her sing...I've always wished I could have heard her sing somehow.Gabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260655145994694106noreply@blogger.com