02375nam 2200625 450 991046304700332120200520144314.00-8195-7332-9(CKB)2670000000427399(EBL)1414169(SSID)ssj0001036032(PQKBManifestationID)11597410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036032(PQKBWorkID)11034010(PQKB)10353875(MiAaPQ)EBC1414169(OCoLC)867741478(MdBmJHUP)muse27434(Au-PeEL)EBL1414169(CaPaEBR)ebr10769728(OCoLC)862209109(EXLCZ)99267000000042739920130513d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming Tom Thumb Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the dawn of American celebrity /Eric D. LehmanMiddletown, Connecticut :Wesleyan University Press,2013.1 online resource (273 p.)The driftless Connecticut seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8195-7331-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The definitive biography of an iconic American entertainerDriftless Connecticut series.Circus performersUnited StatesBiographyDwarfsUnited StatesBiographyEntertainersUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.Circus performersDwarfsEntertainers791.092BLehman Eric D854463MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463047003321Becoming Tom Thumb1908184UNINA