An irresistible novel that "charts a harrowing tour through the Civil War" (Connecticut Post) and chronicles the life of Tom Thumb--the tiny man who became, in his time, America's most famous entertainer. "I was four years old when Barnum discovered me, and soon to turn five when I first appeared on the big stage of his American Museum." So begins the story of Tom Thumb, who at just twenty-five-inches tall, rises to global fame...