02207nam a2200433 i 4500 ebr10769728 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130513s2013 ctu ob 001 0beng d 9780819573322 (e-book) 9780819573315 CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)867741478 n-us--- PN2287.T475 L45 2013eb 791.092 B 23 Lehman, Eric D. Becoming Tom Thumb : Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the dawn of American celebrity / Eric D. Lehman. Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (273 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier The driftless Connecticut series 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. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2013). Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891. Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883. Circus performers United States Biography. Dwarfs United States Biography. Entertainers United States Biography. Electronic books. ebrary. Driftless Connecticut series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10769728 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 125964 125964