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

by Eric D. Lehman

The definitive biography of an iconic American entertainer

Winner of the Henry-Russell Hitchcock Award, Victorian Society of America (2014)

When P. T. Barnum met twenty-five-inch-tall Charles Stratton at a Bridgeport, Connecticut hotel in 1843, one of the most important partnerships in entertainment history was born. With Barnum's promotional skills and the miniature Stratton's comedic talents, they charmed a Who's Who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819573310
• ISBN13: 9780819573315
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"