{"id":8554,"date":"2012-04-05T20:40:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T20:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/?page_id=8554"},"modified":"2012-04-05T20:40:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T20:40:44","slug":"selected-bibliographies-tom-thumb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bportlibrary.org\/hc\/selected-bibliographies-tom-thumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibliography:  Tom Thumb \/ Charles Stratton"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Have you seen Tom Thumb?&#8221;, by Mabel Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.\u00a0 Philadelphia, New York:\u00a0 Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1942. 259 p. incl. front. (port.) illus. 21 cm.\u00a0 Notes:\u00a0 A biography of the midget entertainer who was a favorite attraction of the P.T. Barnum circus.\u00a0 Facsimiles on lining-papers.\u00a0 &#8220;Sources found most useful&#8221;:\u00a0 p. 13.\u00a0 [HCB S9113h]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Barnum presents General Tom Thumb, by Alice Curtis Desmond. \u00a0New York: \u00a0Macmillan, 1954. 236 p. illus. 22 cm.\u00a0 [HCBS9113d]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Barnum in London, by Raymond Fitzsimons. New York: \u00a0St. Martin&#8217;s Press [1970] 179 p. plates, ports. 23 cm. \u00a0Bibliography: p. 170-173.\u00a0 [B B2635f]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>General Tom Thumb and his Lady, by Mertie E. Romaine. \u00a01st ed. Taunton, Mass.: \u00a0W. S. Sullwold Pub., c1976. 94 p.: \u00a0ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: \u00a0p. 94.\u00a0 [HCBS9113r]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The real Tom Thumb, by Helen Reeder Cross; ill. by Stephen Gammell. \u00a0New York:\u00a0 Four Winds Press, c1980. 92 p.: \u00a0ill. ; 22 cm.\u00a0 [HCBS9113c]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Thumb:\u00a0 The Remarkable Life of a Man in Miniature, by George Sullivan.\u00a0 Boston:\u00a0 Clarion Books, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Story of Bridgeport, by Elsie Nicholas Danenberg; illustrations by Jesse Benton.\u00a0 Bridgeport, Conn.:\u00a0 Bridgeport Centennial, Inc., 1936\u00a0 [974.691 85d]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bridgeport:\u00a0 a Pictorial History, by David W. Palmquist; design by Jamie Backus Raynor.\u00a0 Norfolk, VA:\u00a0 Donning, 1981; 1985\u00a0 [974.691 B85p]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>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.\u00a0 New Haven, CT:\u00a0 Tuttle, Morehouse &amp; Taylor; published under the auspices of the Fairfield County\u00a0Historical Society, 1886.\u00a0 2 v. (viii, 1393 p.) : ill., plates, ports., folded maps ; 26 cm.\u00a0 Notes: \u00a0\u00a0Vol. 2 contains also histories of Huntington, Trumbull and Monroe, towns incorporated from old Stratford. Epitaphs from the various cemeteries are included.\u00a0 Genealogies: \u00a0v. 2, p. 1113-1358.\u00a0 [974.691 B85O2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Selected chapters on the history of Bridgeport, compiled by the staff of the Bridgeport Public Library and Reading Room.\u00a0 Bridgeport Public Library (Bridgeport, Conn.)\u00a0 Bridgeport, Conn.:\u00a0 [The Library], 1935.\u00a0 27 p.; 28 cm.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85br2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Only in Bridgeport : an illustrated history of the Park City \/ Lennie Grimaldi ; picture research by Neil S. Swanson ; &#8220;Partners in progress&#8221; by Sharon L. Cohen.\u00a0 1st ed. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, various editions: \u00a0ill. (some col.), ports.; 29 cm.\u00a0 Notes: \u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Produced in cooperation with the Business\/Industry Council of Fairfield County.&#8221;&#8211;Prelim. \u00a0p. 2. \u00a0Includes \u00a0index. Bibliography: \u00a0p. 299.\u00a0 [HC974.691 B85g]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Newspaper Clippings, Bridgeport History Center, Subject:<br \/>\n\u201cStratton, Charles (Tom Thumb)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vertical File, Bridgeport History Center, Subject:<br \/>\n\u201cStratton, Charles (Tom Thumb)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Collections and Archives, Bridgeport History Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Circus Book Collection, Bridgeport History Center, various<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity, by Eric D. Lehman. 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