# Old Grizzly Adams — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Old Grizzly Adams in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Grizzly Adams, Old Adams, Adams

**First appearance:** 0005-i

## Who they are

A battered bear-taming showman who rides grizzlies down Broadway while his skull, caved in by his own students, quietly forecasts the end.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Roback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/characters/doctor_roback)

_professional_

Doctor Roback likely treats or studies Old Grizzly Adams as a medical or scientific subject.

### [Mr. Barnum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/characters/mr_barnum)

_professional_

Mr. Barnum employs or exhibits Old Grizzly Adams as a showman and performer in his museum.

### [Monsieur Mangin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/characters/monsieur_mangin)

_professional_

Monsieur Mangin likely manages or trains Old Grizzly Adams for public performances or exhibitions.

### [Mr. Barnum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/characters/mr_barnum)

_professional_

Mr. Barnum employs or exhibits Old Grizzly Adams as a showman and performer in his museum.

### [Doctor Roback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/characters/doctor_roback)

_professional_

Doctor Roback likely treats or studies Old Grizzly Adams as a medical or scientific subject.

## In the story

### [Part I: Personal Reminiscences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/part-i-personal-reminiscences)

Mentioned as a figure associated with wild west shows and humbug.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/iv)

The dying bear tamer who makes a final wager with Barnum and tricks him into being buried in a new hunting suit.

### [The Golden Pigeons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/v)

Bear exhibitor who claims the golden pigeons are common in California; later embarrassed when the dye fades.

### [The Whale, the Angel Fish, and the Golden Pigeon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as part-proprietor of the California Menagerie where the Golden Pigeons were exhibited.

### [Haunted Houses and Superstition Exposed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Mentioned indirectly as the old gardener who orchestrated the haunting.

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