| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
424 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-424). |
| Summary |
She was only two-foot eight-inches tall, but her legend reaches out to us more than a century later. As a child, Mercy Lavinia "Vinnie" Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and transformed into the world's most unexpected celebrity. Here, in Vinnie's singular and spirited voice, is her amazing adventure, from a showboat freak revue where she endured jeering mobs to her fateful meeting with the two men who would change her life: P. T. Barnum and Charles Stratton, AKA Tom Thumb. Their wedding would captivate the nation, preempt coverage of the Civil War, and usher them into the White House and the company of presidents and queens. But Vinnie's fame would also endanger the person she prized most: her similarly-sized sister. |
| Subject |
Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919 -- Fiction.
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Women circus performers -- United States -- Fiction.
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Dwarfs -- United States -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780385344159 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0385344155 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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