Inseparable
Subtitle: the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history
By: Yunte Huang
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Liveright; Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780871404473
Subjects: Conjoined twins; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In Siam. Siam; title: The Chinese twins; title: Cholera; title: The king and us; title: Departure; title: First years. A curiosity in Boston; title: The monster, or not; title: Gotham City; title: The city of brotherly love; title: Knocking at the gate; title: Racial freaks; title: Sentimental education; title: America on the road. The great eclipse; title: A satirical tale; title: The Lynnfield battle; title: An intimate rebellion; title: Old dominion; title: Emancipation; title: A parable; title: America on the road; title: The deep south; title: Head bumps; title: Look homeward, angel. Wilkesboro; title: Traphill; title: A universal truth; title: Foursome; title: Mount Airy, or Monticello; title: The age of humbugs; title: Minstrel freaks; title: The Civil War and beyond. Seeing the elephant; title: Reconstruction; title: The last radiance of the setting sun; title: Afterlife; title: Epilogue: Mayberry, USA.