TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drimmer,Frederick
TI  - Very special people: the struggles, loves, and triumphs of human oddities 
SN  - 0517467984 (Crown)
AV  - GV1834.7 .D75 1985
U1  - 791.3/5B 19
PY  - 1985///, c1973
CY  - New York
PB  - Bell Pub. Co.
KW  - Circus performers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Abnormalities, Human
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Amjon Publishers, 1973; Bibliography: p. 353-357
N2  - Chained for life. Chang and Eng: the original Siamese twins ; More than one, not yet two ; Millie-Christine: the two-headed girl ; The Tocci brothers: the two-headed boy ; Violet and Daisy Hilton: sold into slavery ; The Biddenden maids, Radica-Doodica, and other remarkable Siamese twins, Armless and legless wonders. Carl Unthan: the armless fiddler ; Tripp and Bowen: on a bicycle built for two ; Kingston, Kobelkoff, and other wonders.  The hairy people. Mme. Clofullia ; Annie Jones: the bearded girl ; France's most celebrated bearded lady ; Some modern beared ladies ; The hairy, hairy people ; The long-haired ones.  The little people. The amazing career of General Tom Thumb ; Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren ; Why and what is a midget? ; Byrne and Cotter: the two Irish giants ; Swan and Bates: two giants in love ; Jack Earle: the lonely giant ; Robert Wadlow: the Alton giant ; Giants yesterday
Fat and skinny. They don't come any heavier ; Celesta Geyer and William J. Cobb: from heavyweight to lightweight ; Living skeletons.  An odd lot. Zip and other pinheads ; Half-man, half-woman ; Unzie the albino and other oddities
Very, very special people. The strange fate of Julia Pastrana ; Grace McDaniels: the mule-faced woman ; The elephant man by Sir Frederick Treves

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