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1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Barry Press. |
| Summary |
When Charles S. Stratton was born in 1838, he seemed perfect in every way. But then he stopped growing. At age four, though a happy and mischievous child, he was just over two feet tall and weighed fifteen pounds-the exact size he had been as a seven-month-old baby. It was then that P. T. Barnum persuaded Charley's family to allow him to exhibit their son in his museum and tour him around the world as a curiosity. Tom Thumb, as Barnum dubbed him, was a natural performer. He became enormously popular and wealthy, more so than any other performer before him, in large part due to the marketing genius of Barnum. In this spirited biography-the first on its subject-George Sullivan recounts the fascinating adventures of the real Tom Thumb, and also raises challenging questions about what constitutes exploitation-both in the nineteenth century and today. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883.
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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883.
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Dwarfs -- Biography.
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Dwarfs.
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Press, Barry. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982428532 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982428538 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11397902 |
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