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Autore |
Lehman Eric D |
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Titolo |
Becoming Tom Thumb : Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the dawn of American celebrity / / Eric D. Lehman |
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Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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The driftless Connecticut series |
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Soggetti |
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Circus performers - United States |
Dwarfs - United States |
Entertainers - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue: playing The palace -- The boy from Bridgeport -- At the American Museum -- Prince Charles the First -- Buttons, bullfights, and balloons -- Hop o' my thumb -- Heart of a child -- On the New York stage -- The measure of a man -- The wedding of the year -- The long and short of it -- A very strange honeymoon -- Tom Thumb's America -- Around the world -- At the helm -- A marriage and two funerals -- The great fire -- At Mountain Grove. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The definitive biography of an iconic American entertainer |
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