Midget Exhibit by Mary L Martin
In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central attractions in a freak show phenomenon that lasted well over a century. Explore this little world in postcard mementoes from an era when the unabashedly curious feasted their eyes on the unusual.
Skinner, Tina: - A professional writer and editor for over 20 years, Tina Skinner has lived in and traveled extensively throughout Asia. She has become a collector of geisha and Japanese postcards as a direct result of her research for this book. Mary L. Martin heads Mary Martin Postcards, a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. Wes Ponder is an avid collector of many fine and beautiful things, geisha postcards being among them.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780764321146 |
| ISBN 10 | 0764321145 |
| Title | Midget Exhibit |
| Author | Mary L Martin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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