ISBN: 9780593119723 - violet and daisy: the story of vaudeville's famous conjoined twins (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner, a 21-year-old unmarried barmaid in Brighton, England, gave birth to twin girls. They each had ten fingers and ten toes, but were joined back to back at the base of the spine. Freaks, monsters--that's what they were called. Mary Hilton, Kate's employer and midwife, adopted Violet and Daisy and promptly began displaying the babies as "Brighton's United Twins." Exhibitions at street fairs, carnivals, and wax museums across England and Scotland followed. At 8 years old, the girls came to the United States, eventually becoming the stars of sideshow, vaudeville, and burlesque circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. In a story loaded with questions about identity and exploitation, Sarah Miller delivers a completely compelling, empathetic portrait of two sisters whose bonds were so sacred that nothing -- not even death-- would compel Violet and Daisy to break them. …

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First printing. Fine, fresh unused copy (rem. dot bottom edge) in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 310 pp. with index. illustrated. "They were as sweet and pretty as their names would suggest, the pair of them as alike as two flower buds on a single stem. They were also joined, back to back, at the base of their spine.". Violet and Daisy Skinner were born on February 5, 1908. During a difficult delivery, the midwife assumed that she was seeing a pair of twins emerging; that was not untrue but their mother Kate began screaming when it turned out that the otherwise normal set of baby girls were conjoined at the base of the spine. Back them, such birth anomalies were considered, freaks and monsters. The horrified mother abandoned the babies to the care of the midwife who almost immediately put them on display in the back room of her pub. Thus began a course of blatant exploitation that would range from the Brighton seashore to Australian amusement parks, American sideshows and eventually to phenomenal success in vaudeville.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 310 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.