Very special people : the struggles, loves, and triumphs of human oddities / Frederick Drimmer.
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TextSeries: Very Special PeoplePublisher: New York : Bell Pub. Co., 1985, c1973Description: xxi, 357 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0517467984 (Crown)Subject(s): Circus performers -- Biography | Abnormalities, HumanDDC classification: 791.3/5 | B LOC classification: GV1834.7 | .D75 1985Summary: 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
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 791.3 DRIM (Browse shelf) | Available | 65847 |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Amjon Publishers, 1973.
Bibliography: p. 353-357.
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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