Mary L. Martin

Gebundenes Buch

Midget Exhibit

Images from the Heyday of Dwarf Display

Beschreibung

In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the unusual.

Autor

Mary L. Martin Postcards is a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. E. Ashley Rooney has written many non-fiction books on architecture, interior design, and gardens, especially in New England where she lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780764321146
• ISBN-10: 0764321145
• Artikelnr.: 23368307