The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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Foranyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks,and E. L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling,bawdy era and the remarkable woman who had the courage to match theunique spirit of America’s Gilded Age.

She was only two feet,eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reachesout to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Warren Bump was encouragedto live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out tothe immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstarGeneral Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and became the world’smost unexpected celebrity. Vinnie’s wedding captivated the nation,preempted coverage of the Civil War, and even ushered her into the WhiteHouse. But her fame also endangered the person she prized most: hersimilarly sized sister, Minnie, a gentle soul unable to escape the glareof Vinnie’s spotlight. A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with aheart as big as her dreams—and whose story will surely win over yours.

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BONUS: This edition contains a timeline, an interview with Melanie Benjamin, and an excerpt from Melanie Benjamin’s Alice I Have Been.