The real Tom Thumb: History's smallest superstar

... and Abraham Lincoln. In the winter of 1842, legendary showman PT Barnum was stranded in Stratton's hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut. His New York based "freak shows" were becoming very popular and it seems he was keen to meet a four-year-old ...



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