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

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BecomingTomThumb A Driftless Connecticut Series Book This book is a 2013 selection in the Driftless Connecticut Series, for an outstanding book in any field on a Connecticut topic or written by a Connecticut author. Becoming TomThumb CharlesStratton, P .T.Barnum,and theDawnof AmericanCelebrity EricD.Lehman Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2013 Eric D. Lehman All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Richard Hendel Typeset in Miller, Rosewood, and Poplar by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request 5 4 3 2 1 Photograph from the Library of Congress." "Cover image: Charles Stratton (with William B. Harrison). ...