The Wonders

  • The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
    The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
    By John Woolf

    For a fuller picture of their lives offstage see: Chang and Eng Bunker Papers, M-3761; Bunker, Chang and Eng, Op3761; 320 Bunker, Chang and Eng, P. 3761. [James W. Hale], A Few Particulars Concerning Chang-Eng, The United Siamese ...

  • The Wonders
    The Wonders
    By Elena Medel

    "Through the rich inner lives of two ordinary, unforgettable women, award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel brings a half-century of the feminist movement to life, revealing the simmering truth that money is ultimately the limiting factor in ...

  • The Wonders
    The Wonders
    By John Woolf

    Indeed, when Sherwood was finally given a proper role, to act as the ticket seller for the shows, his mood seemed to improve; yet his sulk was an early signal that Sherwood was battling with demons.464 There were, however, ...

  • The Wonders: A Novel
    The Wonders: A Novel
    By Paddy O'Reilly

    These are The Wonders, three extraordinary people whose medical treatments have tested the limits of the human body.

  • The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age
    The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age
    By John Woolf

    In this richly evocative account, John Woolf uses a wealth of recently discovered material to bring to life the sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant, always extraordinary stories of people who used their (dis)abilities and difference to ...