The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events; to real people, living or dead; or to real locales are intended only to give the fiction a setting in historical reality. Other names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Melanie Benjamin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Benjamin, Melanie.
The autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: a novel / Melanie Benjamin.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-345-52757-8
1. Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841–1919—Fiction.
2. Women circus performers—United States—Fiction.
3. Dwarfs—United States—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.A876A94 2011
813′.6—dc22 2010052863
Frontispiece photograph of Lavinia Warren by Mathew Brady
from the Library of Congress collection
Cover design: Gabrielle Bordwin
Cover illustration: Marc Burckhardt
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