Tom Thumb : The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature (Hardcover)

from Whisper1

In 1842, when P.T. Barnum traveled to Bridgeport, Connecticut to visit Charles Stratton, little did he know that in hiring the five year old tiny 25 inch, 15 pound child, it would be a tremendously wealthy endeavor for both. Talking Charles' parents into trusting him to care for the tiny imp, in ...

from Sullywriter

Great biography of diminutive celebrity. Excellent photographs. For more insight into P.T. Barnum, read Candance Fleming's excellent The Great and Only Barnum.

from Twinmom

Charles S. Stratton was dubbed Tom Thumb by P.T. Barnum at the age of five and that name stuck with him the rest of his life. This is a biography of Charles Stratton and to some extent that of P.T. Barnum as well. Their two lives became entertwined as Charles became more famous than anyone of the...

from Twinmom

Charles S. Stratton was dubbed Tom Thumb by P.T. Barnum at the age of five and that name stuck with him the rest of his life. This is a biography of Charles Stratton and to some extent that of P.T. Barnum as well. Their two lives became entertwined as Charles became more famous than anyone of the...