Bibliography: Tom Thumb / Charles Stratton – Bridgeport History Center

Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity, by Eric D. Lehman. Middletown, Connecticut. Weslyan University Press, 2013. xix. 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 24cm

“Have you seen Tom Thumb?”, by Mabel Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. Philadelphia, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1942. 259 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 21 cm. Notes: A biography of the midget entertainer who was a favorite attraction of the P.T. Barnum circus. Facsimiles on lining-papers. “Sources found most useful”: p. 13. [HCB S9113h]

Barnum presents General Tom Thumb, by Alice Curtis Desmond. New York: Macmillan, 1954. 236 p. illus. 22 cm. [HCBS9113d]

Barnum in London, by Raymond Fitzsimons. New York: St. Martin’s Press [1970] 179 p. plates, ports. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 170-173. [B B2635f]

General Tom Thumb and his Lady, by Mertie E. Romaine. 1st ed. Taunton, Mass.: W. S. Sullwold Pub., c1976. 94 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 94. [HCBS9113r]

The real Tom Thumb, by Helen Reeder Cross; ill. by Stephen Gammell. New York: Four Winds Press, c1980. 92 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. [HCBS9113c]

Tom Thumb: The Remarkable Life of a Man in Miniature, by George Sullivan. Boston: Clarion Books, 2010

The Story of Bridgeport, by Elsie Nicholas Danenberg; illustrations by Jesse Benton. Bridgeport, Conn.: Bridgeport Centennial, Inc., 1936 [974.691 85d]

Bridgeport: a Pictorial History, by David W. Palmquist; design by Jamie Backus Raynor. Norfolk, VA: Donning, 1981; 1985 [974.691 B85p]

A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Rev. Samuel Orcutt; published under the auspices of the Fairfield county historical society. New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor; published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886. 2 v. (viii, 1393 p.) : ill., plates, ports., folded maps ; 26 cm. Notes: Vol. 2 contains also histories of Huntington, Trumbull and Monroe, towns incorporated from old Stratford. Epitaphs from the various cemeteries are included. Genealogies: v. 2, p. 1113-1358. [974.691 B85O2]

Selected chapters on the history of Bridgeport, compiled by the staff of the Bridgeport Public Library and Reading Room. Bridgeport Public Library (Bridgeport, Conn.) Bridgeport, Conn.: [The Library], 1935. 27 p.; 28 cm. [HC974.691 B85br2]

Only in Bridgeport : an illustrated history of the Park City / Lennie Grimaldi ; picture research by Neil S. Swanson ; “Partners in progress” by Sharon L. Cohen. 1st ed. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, various editions: ill. (some col.), ports.; 29 cm. Notes: “Produced in cooperation with the Business/Industry Council of Fairfield County.”–Prelim. p. 2. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 299. [HC974.691 B85g]

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