George Sullivan is a best-selling nonfiction author with more than 100 books to his credit, including highly accoladed Berenice Abbott, Photographer. He lives in New York City.
"Well organized and clearly written, this solid biography offers a
vivid portrayal of Stratton and makes a strong case for Tom Thumb
as America's first celebrity."--Booklist, starred review
"Tom's personal and professional relationships with Barnum make
this biography a superb complement to Candace Fleming's The Great
and Only Barnum (2009)."--Kirkus "While Sullivan touches on the
subject of exploitation and the limited understanding of dwarfism
in Stratton's era, his subject emerges not as a victim but as an
individual whose talents earned him the public's admiration and a
place in history."-- Publishers Weekly "Sullivan does a commendable
job of placing his biographical subject in the context of his times
(nearly the whole of the nineteenth century), bringing both to life
in an engaging text complemented with black-and-white
photographs."--The Horn Book --
"Well organized and clearly written, this solid biography offers a vivid portrayal of Stratton and makes a strong case for Tom Thumb as America's first celebrity."--Booklist, starred review "Tom's personal and professional relationships with Barnum make this biography a superb complement to Candace Fleming's The Great and Only Barnum (2009)."--Kirkus "While Sullivan touches on the subject of exploitation and the limited understanding of dwarfism in Stratton's era, his subject emerges not as a victim but as an individual whose talents earned him the public's admiration and a place in history."-- Publishers Weekly "Sullivan does a commendable job of placing his biographical subject in the context of his times (nearly the whole of the nineteenth century), bringing both to life in an engaging text complemented with black-and-white photographs."--The Horn Book
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