Becoming tom thumb : charles stratton, p.t. barnum, and the dawn of american celebrity

An "evocative and entertaining" biography of the nineteenth century circus performer who became a global phenomenon (Neil Harris, author of Humbug). When P. T. Barnum met twenty-five-inch-tall Charles Stratton at a Bridgeport, Connecticut hotel in 1843, one of the most important partnersh...

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Main Author: Lehman, Eric D.
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Wesleyan University Press 2012
Series:Garnet books
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