Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity

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Garnet Poems: An Anthology of Connecticut Poetry Since 1776 Edited by Dennis Barone Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael E. Bell Early Connecticut Silver, 1700–1840 by Peter Bohan and Philip Hammerslough Introduction and Notes by Erin Eisenbarth The Connecticut River: A Photographic Journey through the Heart of New England by Al Braden Connecticut’s Fife & Drum Tradition by James Clark Sunken Garden Poetry, 1992–2011 Edited by Brad Davis The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend by Daniel DeLuca Post Roads & Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam by Richard DeLuca Dr. Mel’s Connecticut Climate Book by Dr. Mel Goldstein Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity by Eric D. Lehman Hidden in Plain Sight: A Deep Traveler Explores Connecticut by David K. Leff Westover School: Giving Girls a Place of Their Own by Laurie Lisle Crowbar Governor: The Life and Times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley by Kevin Murphy Fly Fishing in Connecticut: A Guide for Beginners by Kevin Murphy Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission by Kevin Murphy African American Connecticut Explored Edited by Elizabeth J. Normen Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style by James F. O’Gorman Ella Grasso: Connecticut’s Pioneering Governor by Jon E. Purmont Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of Venture Smith by Chandler B. Saint and George Krimsky Welcome to Wesleyan: Campus Buildings by Leslie Starr Barns of Connecticut by Markham Starr Gervase Wheeler: A British Architect in America, 1847–1860 by Renée Tribert and James F. O’Gorman Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival by Matthew Warshauer Inside Connecticut and the American Civil War One State’s Struggle Edited by Matthew Warshauer Stories in Stone: How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer New Haven’s Sentinels The Art and Science of East Rock and West Rock by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and John Wareham About the Author Eric D. Lehman teaches travel literature and directs the creative writing program at the University of Bridgeport. He is the author of seven books, including the Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut and Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City. His essays, reviews, and stories have appeared in dozens of journals and magazines. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut with his wife, poet Amy Nawrocki. About the Driftless Connecticut Series The Driftless Connecticut Series is a publication award program established in 2010 to recognize excellent books with a Connecticut focus or written by a Connecticut author. To be eligible, the book must have a Connecticut topic or setting or an author must have been born in Connecticut or have been a legal resident of Connecticut for at least three years. The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. For more information and a complete list of books in the Driftless Connecticut Series, please visit us online at http://www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/driftless. ...