Library Collections: Document: Item Description

Excerpt from:
Gleanings From My Autobiography: Recollections Of Odd Experiences In Out Of The Way Corners Of The Earth During Our World Tour
One day a wealthy plantation owner came aboard our floating theater and, noticing that I paid particular attention to a beautiful mulatto girl who was with his company, he offered her to me in the politest manner possible....
  Enlarge the image
Read
Full Text


Document Information

Title: Gleanings From My Autobiography: Recollections Of Odd Experiences In Out Of The Way Corners Of The Earth During Our World Tour
From: Mrs. Tom Thumb's Autobiography
Creator: Lavinia Warren (author)
Date: December 16, 1906
Format: Article
Publication: New York Tribune Sunday Magazine
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: pp.11-12
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; African American; Animals; Autobiography; California; Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb; China; Civil War; Crime; Economics; Employment; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Family; Food; Humor; India; Japan; Jefferson Davis; Labor; Lavinia Warren; New York; New York City, NY; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Robert E. Lee; Short Stature; Slavery; Transportation; Travel; Utah; Women & Gender
Topics: Mass Media, Culture & The Arts


Objects From This Artifact:
- Gleanings From My Autobiography: Recollections Of Odd Experiences In Out Of The Way Corners Of The Earth During Our World Tour (doc)
- Mrs. Tom Thumb's Autobiography (doc)
- Our Trip Around The World: Another Chapter From My Autobiography (doc)
- Some Recollections (doc)
- Some Recollections: The Story Of My Marriage And Honeymoon (doc)