# Master Joe — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Master Joe in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joe, the cunning Joseph

**First appearance:** 0008-iv

## Who they are

A young man who helped Barnum with a humbug.

## In the story

### [Magical Humbugs: Virgil, Agrippa, Faustus, and the Devil's Tricks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Mentioned as a student of Agrippa who accidentally summoned a devil while reading spells, leading to his strangulation and later reanimation.

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