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The big, bold, adventurous life of Lavinia Warren
- Title
- The big, bold, adventurous life of Lavinia Warren / Elizabeth Raum.
- Author
- Raum, Elizabeth
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- 172 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- Lavinia Warren never let her height -- or the lack of it -- prevent her from leading a full and adventurous life. Although she never grew more than three feet tall, she became a beloved teacher, a world traveler, an entertainer, and the friend of many powerful figures. Lavinia was teaching at a local school when she heard about an opportunity to travel doing shows as a "human curiosity" on a Mississippi River boat. Eventually she met P. T. Barnum and worked at his American Museum. It was there that she met Charles Stratton, a little person known to the world as "Tom Thumb." Their wedding, which took place on February 10, 1863, brought joy to a nation at war. President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln held a reception for the couple at the White House. The newlyweds later toured the United States and the world. Lavinia faced several tragedies but always found the strength to go on. Lavinia's extraordinary story also provides a social history of one of the most devastating periods in American history. With additional material on Tom Thumb Weddings, readers' questions, time line, and notes and bibliography.
- Subjects
- Women circus performers
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women
- Women circus performers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Performing Arts
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile literature
- Dwarfs (Persons) > Social conditions > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Dwarfs (Persons) > United States > Biography
- Juvenile works
- Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919 > Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10 and up.
- Contents
- Living life small -- A curious opportunity -- Drifting toward war -- Moving onto the world's stage -- Charley -- Friends or lovers? -- The biggest little wedding -- At the White House -- Traveling near and far -- Dangerous journeys -- The other side of the world -- "I belong to the public" -- Tom Thumb weddings -- Questions to ponder -- Time line.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-3734
- ISBN
- 9780912777504
- 0912777508
- LCCN
- 2017060546
- OCLC
- 1020301708
- Author
- Raum, Elizabeth, author.
- Title
- The big, bold, adventurous life of Lavinia Warren / Elizabeth Raum.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.
- Audience
- Ages 10 and up.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Raum, Elizabeth, author. Big, bold, adventurous life of Lavinia Warren Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2018 9780912777511 (DLC) 2018002354
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-3734