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Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book Sketch of the Life, Personal Appearance, Character, and Manners, of Charles S. Stratton written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Woolf
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1789290368
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Wonders written by John Woolf and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the Victorian freak show and circus, and the remarkable cast of characters who performed in them.
Author : Phineas Taylor Barnum
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Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Struggles and Triumphs written by Phineas Taylor Barnum and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library)
Publisher : Boston : The Trustees
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Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library) and published by Boston : The Trustees. This book was released on 1919 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lynne Vallone
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300228864
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Big and Small written by Lynne Vallone and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference--particularly unusual bodies, big and small--as an overlooked yet crucial marker that informs human identity and culture. Exploring miniaturism, giganticism, obesity, and the lived experiences of actual big and small people, Vallone boldly addresses the uncomfortable implications of using physical measures to judge normalcy, goodness, gender identity, and beauty. This wide-ranging work surveys the lives and contexts of both real and imagined persons with extraordinary bodies from the seventeenth century to the present day through close examinations of art, literature, folklore, and cultural practices, as well as scientific and pseudo-scientific discourses. Generously illustrated and written in a lively and accessible style, Vallone's provocative study encourages readers to look with care at extraordinary bodies and the cultures that created, depicted, loved, and dominated them.
Author : Tom Thumb
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Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Sketch of the Life written by Tom Thumb and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Sherwood STRATTON
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Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Sketch of the Life ... of C. S. S., ... Known as General T. Thumb, Etc written by Charles Sherwood STRATTON and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Solomon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743236726
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Far From the Tree written by Andrew Solomon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. 150,000 first printing.
Author : Neil Harris
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226317528
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Humbug written by Neil Harris and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981-05-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits." -- Publisher.
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Wilson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501118714
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Barnum written by Robert Wilson and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Robert Wilson’s Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clichés for a more nuanced story…It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves.” —The Wall Street Journal P.T. Barnum is the greatest showman the world has ever seen. As a creator of the Barnum & Baily Circus and a champion of wonder, joy, trickery, and “humbug,” he was the founding father of American entertainment—and as Robert Wilson argues, one of the most important figures in American history. Nearly 125 years after his death, the name P.T. Barnum still inspires wonder. Robert Wilson’s vivid new biography captures the full genius, infamy, and allure of the ebullient showman, who, from birth to death, repeatedly reinvented himself. He learned as a young man how to wow crowds, and built a fortune that placed him among the first millionaires in the United States. He also suffered tragedy, bankruptcy, and fires that destroyed his life’s work, yet willed himself to recover and succeed again. As an entertainer, Barnum courted controversy throughout his life—yet he was also a man of strong convictions, guided in his work not by a desire to deceive, but an eagerness to thrill and bring joy to his audiences. He almost certainly never uttered the infamous line, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” instead taking pride in giving crowds their money’s worth and more. Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, tells a gripping story in Barnum, one that’s imbued with the same buoyant spirit as the man himself. In this “engaging, insightful, and richly researched new biography” (New York Journal of Books), Wilson adeptly makes the case for P.T. Barnum’s place among the icons of American history, as a figure who represented, and indeed created, a distinctly American sense of optimism, industriousness, humor, and relentless energy.
Author : Edward H. O'Neill
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512818313
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)
Download or read book A History of American Biography, 1800-1935 written by Edward H. O'Neill and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey and evaluation of the whole range of American biography, from the earliest important lives to book of the present day.
Author : Eric D. Lehman
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819573329
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Becoming Tom Thumb written by Eric D. Lehman and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 partnerships in entertainment history was born. With Barnum’s promotional skills and the miniature Stratton’s comedic talents, they charmed a Who’s Who of the nineteenth century, from Queen Victoria to Charles Dickens to Abraham Lincoln. Adored worldwide as “General Tom Thumb,” Stratton played to sold-out shows for almost forty years. From his days as a precocious child star to his tragic early death, Becoming Tom Thumb tells the full story of this iconic figure for the first time. It details his triumphs on the New York stage, his epic celebrity wedding, and his around-the-world tour, drawing on newly available primary sources and interviews. From the mansions of Paris to the deserts of Australia, Stratton’s unique brand of Yankee comedy not only earned him the accolades of millions of fans, it helped move little people out of the side show and into the limelight.
Author : Elizabeth Raum
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 0912777532
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (127 download)
Download or read book The Big, Bold, Adventurous Life of Lavinia Warren written by Elizabeth Raum and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavinia Warren never let her height—or the lack of it—prevent her from leading a full and adventurous life. Although she never grew more than three feet tall, she became a beloved teacher, a world traveler, an entertainer and the friend of many powerful figures. Lavinia was teaching at a local school when she heard about an opportunity to travel doing shows as a "human curiosity" on a Mississippi River boat. Eventually she met P. T. Barnum and worked at his American Museum. It was there that she met Charles Stratton, known to the world as "Tom Thumb." Their wedding, which took place on February 10, 1863, brought joy to a nation at war. President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln held a reception for the couple at the White House. During her long life, Lavinia faced several tragedies but always found the strength to go on. Her extraordinary story also provides a unique perspective on one of the most devastating periods in American history: the Civil War and its aftermath. This valuable middle-grade biography includes material on Tom Thumb Weddings, readers' questions, a time line, and other resources.
Author : Aimee Medeiros
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817319107
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Heightened Expectations written by Aimee Medeiros and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes research using the UCLA Library Baby Books Collection.
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Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Treasury of Human Inheritance written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
