# The Peter Funks — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> The Peter Funks in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Funks

**First appearance:** 0026-xx

## Who they are

A group of showmen who exhibited fake animals.

## In the story

### [The Peter Funks and Their Functions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xx)

The organized gang of mock auctioneers who operated in New York for twenty-five years, using a complex system of ropers-in, bribes, and political protection to fleece the public.

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