List of Illustrations

Frontispiece: Chang and Eng (Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London)

page xv: Cunard Steamer Palmyra (Courtesy of the Osher Map Library Collection, University of Southern Maine)

page xxiii: Passenger List of the Palmyra (Courtesy of the National Archives, Washington, DC)

page 1: A Siamese Canal (Courtesy of New York Public Library)

page 29: Robert Hunter’s House, Bangkok (Courtesy of Ira Hsiao)

page 33: Contract between Siamese Twins and Robert Hunter/Abel Coffin, 1829 (Courtesy of Surry County Historical Society, North Carolina)

page 37: Chang and Eng, Lithograph (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 39: Passenger List of the Sachem (Courtesy of the National Archives, Washington, DC)

page 52: Chang and Eng in an Oriental Setting, Lithograph, 1829 (Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London)

page 57: Advertising Poster (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 70: Chang and Eng, Lithograph (Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London)

page 84: Chang and Eng Playing Badminton, 1830 (Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London)

page 95: Account Book of Chang and Eng (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 137: Signatures of Chang and Eng (Courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina)

page 185: Chang and Eng’s House, Traphill (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 239: Grace (“Aunt Grace”) Gates, First Slave Owned by Chang and Eng Bunker (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 240: Bill of Sale for Two Slaves Sold to Chang and Eng Bunker (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 256: P. T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb (Courtesy of New York Public Library)

page 269: Chang and Eng Bunker and Their Children (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 281: Union and Confederate Dead, Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania, July 1863 (Courtesy of the National Archives, Washington, DC)

page 298: Chang and Eng Bunker Families, 1870 (Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

page 301: Chang and Eng Bunker and Their Wives and Children (Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

page 307: Eng’s House, Where the Twins Died (Courtesy of Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

page 331: Statue of Andy and Opie Taylor, Mount Airy, North Carolina (Photo by author)

page 334: Chang and Eng Bunker’s Grave, White Plains, North Carolina (Photo by author)

page 335: White Plains Baptist Church, North Carolina (Photo by author)

page 339: Sign for Mayberry Campground, Mount Airy, North Carolina (Photo by author)