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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Huang, Yunte.     Subjects     Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874.     Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874.     Conjoined twins -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Conjoined twins -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Huang, Yunte.       by title:      Inseparable : the or...       by call number:      616.043092 H874i     Search the Web     Huang, Yunte.     Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874.     Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874.     Conjoined twins -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Conjoined twins -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Inseparable : the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history / Yunte Huang. by Huang, Yunte. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Call #: 616.043092 H874i Subjects Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874.   Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874.   Conjoined twins -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Conjoined twins -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780871404473 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xxvi, 388 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  In Siam. Siam -- The Chinese twins -- Cholera -- The king and us -- Departure -- First years. A curiosity in Boston -- The monster, or not -- Gotham City -- The city of brotherly love -- Knocking at the gate -- Racial freaks -- Sentimental education -- America on the road. The great eclipse -- A satirical tale -- The Lynnfield battle -- An intimate rebellion -- Old dominion -- Emancipation -- A parable -- America on the road -- The deep south -- Head bumps -- Look homeward, angel. Wilkesboro -- Traphill -- A universal truth -- Foursome -- Mount Airy, or Monticello -- The age of humbugs -- Minstrel freaks -- The Civil War and beyond. Seeing the elephant -- Reconstruction -- The last radiance of the setting sun -- Afterlife -- Epilogue: Mayberry, USA. Summary:  A portrait of nineteenth-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker describes their rise from savvy side-show celebrities to wealthy Southern gentry and discusses how their experiences reflected America's historical penchant for objectifying differences. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.043092 H874i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 616.043092 H874i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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