Lehman, Eric D. <br/><br/>
Becoming Tom Thumb :  Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the dawn of American celebrity / 
Eric D. Lehman. 
 - 1 online resource (273 pages) 
 - The driftless Connecticut series .
 - Driftless Connecticut series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780819573322 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891. <br/>Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Circus performers--United States--Biography.<br/>Dwarfs--United States--Biography.<br/>Entertainers--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2287.T475  / L45 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.092  B