Book: "Life and Travels of Thomas Thumb in the United States, England, France, and Belgium with Illustrations."

Illustrated children's book entitled "Life and Travels of Thomas Thumb in the United States, England, France, and Belgium with Illustrations of Him in His Different Costumes" by Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]. The book is about Charles S. Stratton, a little person performer who worked for P. T. Barnum and was known by his stage name, "General Tom Thumb." The book was published in 1849, when Stratton was eleven years old. (Barnum had initially promoted Stratton as being eleven in 1844 when he was actually just six, so inconsistencies in references to Stratton's age can be at... Mehr ...